Non-place
CONCEPT IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Nonplace; Non-lieu; Non-lieux; Non place
Non-place or nonplace is a neologism coined by the French anthropologist Marc Augé to refer to anthropological spaces of transience where human beings remain anonymous, and that do not hold enough significance to be regarded as "places" in their anthropological definition. Examples of non-places would be motorways, hotel rooms, airports and shopping malls.