Night is more than what meets the senses. It is also more than the absence or negation of day. Night as a social product is mediated by social relationships and practices, material, discursive, and otherwise. Indeed, night is more than a time of day. It is also a space—or more appropriately, spaces—in which we live, love, and work.

Night is expressed culturally in often contradictory products. Stories, myths, literatures, and ideologies are filled with references to night: night as a time of repose with its conventional places for leisure and sleep; and night as a time of danger, even horror, with the darkness shrouding the "Reason" which emanates from the human use, and perhaps (hyper-)emphasis, on visuality.

This site contains details, info, and sundry material on topics pertaining to night spaces. For now, a description of night spaces and their dynamics is located on the Concept-&-theory page. For examples of literary works in which night is present as both time and space, visit the Literature-&-the-Night page. My academic background, as well as work I have published in this area, can be found on the Bio:-Robert-Williams page.