Liminal Space is a concept used to describe the experience of being between two states, two contexts, two directions, or two disciplines. It is a space of transition, of potential, of uncertainty, of learning and of transformation. It can be seen as the potentiality of a moment when a person, a situation, a community or an organisation is grasped by something ‘other’, something that is beyond existing definitions and expectations. It can also refer to the physical and temporal perceptions of occupying two places simultaneously, such as being between two cultures, languages, generations or ways of being. Liminal Space is a space of generative creativity, an opportunity to observe and enact new conversations that lead to new outcomes and forms.

See also: stage theory, systems thinking, double bind, relational process, systems change