The City as Socio-Material Performance
Type
presentation
Date Issued
2014-02-20
Author(s)
Abstract
In recent years, attempts to move urban planning from a focus on formal designs to processes of organizing that take place outside and across the boundaries of well-defined planning projects have gathered steam. The presentation seeks to contribute to this movement through a conceptual and empirical reconsideration and revitalization of the notion of participation. Empirically, the presentation is based on an ethnographic study of a so-called participatory urban development process dedicated to the question of whether and what kind of a new art museum should be built in a medium-sized city in Switzerland. Drawing upon Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and its after, I introduce new concepts into the participation debate and reconstruct how the planning and imagination of a new museum is performed through heterogeneous "modes of ordering" (Law 1994). Based on my analysis, I will argue that a performative politics of participatory processes consists of taking into account the controversies between multiple organizational realities, and their ongoing translations.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Refereed
No
Event Title
Swiss STS Meeting: An STS Perspective On The City
Event Location
University of Lausanne
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
229915