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This article aims to reconceptualize silence as a spatial practice influencing migrant subjectivity within Gurnah’s narrative.

Silence as a spatial practice: accented epistemology and relational dwelling in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Admiring Silence

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Article examines how silence shapes migrant identity in Gurnah’s novel, highlighting its spatial implications.

This article aims to reconceptualize silence as a spatial practice influencing migrant subjectivity within Gurnah’s narrative.
Analyzes Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Admiring Silence using Henri Lefebvre’s spatial theories and Homi Bhabha’s Third Space.
Explores key locations within the text such as hospitals and immigration halls to understand spatial memory.
Engages with accented epistemology to investigate the politics of intelligibility.
Identifies silence as an active spatial practice that disrupts mainstream narratives of marginalization.
Demonstrates that belonging is mediated by various institutional and domestic routines.
Frames the Third Space as a dynamic terrain, emphasizing ongoing negotiation rather than a fixed identity.

Nie et al. (2026) studied this question.

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