Despite the indispensable nature of space in life, the nature and concept of space began to
change drastically after the mid to late 20th century, with the onset of space conquest, the rise
of virtual reality, and globalization where the boundaries between countries and nations disappear.
As such, the emergence of new spaces requires new thoughts; for this, the Institute of Body Culture
intends to respond to those demands through the series book, Space and Body.
 
The book is composed of 3 main parts as follows: Part 1 presents a more homogenized, modern,
and impersonal space as a place of conquest, in contrast to the premodern space divided into
human space and the other space of animals and plants, by explaining whether it is possible to
suggest the heterogeneous concept of "space junctions" with the existing spatial concept. Part 2
goes on to deal with the problem of coexistence in connection with the concept of space, exploring
whether it is possible to create a space for strangers and refugees, and then illuminates the spatiality
of a metropolitan space called London through the gaze of poet Park Tae-jin. In the third part,
the book discusses how we can escape the patriarchal living space where gender differences are
embodied, women who belong to nowhere and do not even have their own rooms, women who
left their homes, and lastly the three spaces composed by the character named Alan, a protagonist
of the play Equus—thus dealing with the relationship between our daily lives and the space.