Robert A. Beauregard
Planning Matter: Acting with Things
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226297392
- author:
- Robert A. Beauregard
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 262
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 1.5 x 22.9 cm
- Genre:
- Art, Architecture & Photography, Architecture, Criticism & Theory
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Planning Matter: A New Perspective on Planning Practice City and regional planners often focus on the things that can be commanded - highway interchanges, zoning documents, conference rooms. However, they may overlook the ways in which built forms, weather patterns, plants, animals, and regulatory technologies are actively involved in shaping cities and regions. This book offers a new materialist perspective on planning practice, drawing on actor-network theory and science and technology studies. It reveals how nonhuman things mediate what planners say and do, acknowledging the limitations of our representations of reality while engaging more holistically with the world. By exploring the complex relationships between humans and nonhuman actors, Planning Matter provides a fresh framework for understanding planning practice and its impact on cities and regions.
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