ABSTRACT

This research contributes to gaining a deeper understanding of the nature of the financialization of the built environment from a spatial dimension. Empirical studies have predominantly used a quantitative approach to explore these processes. In contrast, this article seeks a better understanding of the ways in which financial institutions conceive of and represent space. Through the lens of Lefebvre’s spatial triad, we analyse in-depth interviews with key high-level investment fund managers, along with the annual reports of three investment funds operating in Santiago, Chile. Our thematic analysis reveals a potential “financialised production of space” and indicates that data can be classified into three distinct categories: commodification of the material space, codification of the representation of space and, the subjectification of the representational space. The study concludes that investment funds construct financial spatial narratives, through which space is disembodied and conceived as a commodity, represented in the form of pictures and codes.

摘要

这项研究有助于从空间维度更深入地了解建筑环境金融化的本质。实证研究主要使用定量方法来探索这些过程。相比之下，本文旨在更好地理解金融机构构想和表现空间的方式。通过列斐伏尔空间三合会的镜头，我们分析了对主要高级投资基金经理的深度访谈，以及在智利圣地亚哥运营的三个投资基金的年度报告。我们的主题分析揭示了一种潜在的“空间的金融化生产”，并表明数据可以分为三个不同的类别：物质空间的商品化、空间表现的编码以及，表征空间的主体化。该研究得出的结论是，投资基金构建了金融空间叙事，通过这种叙事，空间被无形化并被视为一种商品，以图片和代码的形式表现出来。