The article is an attempt to analyze the spatio-pedagogical discourse of the German social pedagogy. It represents only a fragment of reflection on the turns in paradigm of place/ space (spatial turn), as pedagogical terms. & e authors seek to answer the question what is the space and place, and what concepts in the field of reflection on the place/space run in the German social pedagogy. The text introduces, inter alia, the relational concept of space developed by Martina Löw, duality of space and the concept of spacing. Active creation of urban space, the spatial dimension of the relationship and its dynamics are subjected to discussion. The article presents critical approach to the notion of transdisciplinary space, and space-oriented social work. Finally, it provides the incentive for in-depth, international analyzes of spatio-pedagogical theories.

This article presents a critical interpretation of Barbara Klicka’s Zdrój [ The Spa] (2019) within the framework of the Spatial Turn. The analysis examines the relationship between the subject and the medical spaces with the help of concepts like heterotopia, atopia, psychotopography as well as the author’s own concept of topopathography. The aim is to explore the impact of the designated sanatorium space on the patient’s identity.