[1][non-primary source needed] See Edward W. Soja for a conceptualization of the term within the social sciences and from a critical urban theory perspective.
[4] Bhabha applies socioculturalism directly to the postcolonial condition, where there are, "... unequal and uneven forces of cultural representation".
[5] In discourse of dissent, the Third Space has come to have two interpretations: In educational studies, Maniotes[7] examined literary Third Space in a classroom where students' cultural capital merged with content of the curriculum as students backed up their arguments in literature discussions.
Higher education: The Third Space is used by Whitchurch[13] to describe a subset of staff in Higher Education that work in roles which cross the boundaries of professional/administrative and academic spheres, providing expert advice relating to learning and teaching without being practitioners.
[15] Third Space Theory suggests that every person is a hybrid of their unique set of affinities (identity factors).