Because these places are absolutely different from all the sites that they reflect and speak about, I shall call them, by way of contrast to utopias, heterotopias. I believe that between utopias and these quite other sites, these heterotopias, there might be a sort of mixed, joint experience, which would be the mirror.
* The definition of heteretopias in relation to utopias, which are themselves defined in relation to societies, brings up the delicate web of relationships they all have for one another. By putting “the other” on top of an unreality, Foucault essentially challenges their existence since they don’t seem to be standing on any firm ground. And yet, by logic, the contrast of an unreality would be a reality. This time, instead of creating a paradox, Foucault brings in the metaphor of the mirror and tries to show us the blending point of these sites.
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