Michael Buser Michael.Buser@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Thinking through non-representational and affective atmospheres in planning theory and practice
Buser, Michael
Authors
Abstract
This article engages with recent debates surrounding non-representational theory and the affective turn in the social sciences, arguing that such thinking offers a particularly useful set of concepts for the discipline of planning. This includes a widened notion of agency to the inclusion of more-than-human bodies (i.e. material agency) and a focus on daily practice and the embodied experience of place. Calling upon the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, the author puts forward affective atmospheres as a post-humanist way of studying socio-spatial processes associated with place identity and the spatial imaginaries that animate planning activity. Recognising the co-constitutive nature of research and social worlds, the article offers a performative methodology that situates researchers directly within the material and discursive environments they seek to investigate. © The Author(s) 2013.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 19, 2014 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2014 |
Journal | Planning Theory |
Print ISSN | 1473-0952 |
Electronic ISSN | 1741-3052 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 227-243 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095213491744 |
Keywords | planning theory and practice, Deleuze |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/813931 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473095213491744 |
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