Kent Kuramı;21.Yüzyılda İktidar, Kentler ve Kentleşmeye Eleştirel Bir Giriş

by Alan Harding

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Genres: Architecture, Nonfiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2014

Reviews

[Richie Chan]

I've just begun reading this book this afternoon. 2 chapters in and I must say that the authors have done a brilliant walkthrough in developments of urban theory. As someone who believes in human agency, I found it insightful as I learnt something about structuralist-agency debates, and also how I could perhaps look further into hermeneutics approach, go deeper into post-positive, subjective approaches, which are interrelated. Most importantly, as someone aspiring to do some research in urban futures, I need to be aware and conscious of how I am 'coming in' to my research work. I.e., what is my role, what is my subjectivity, what is my locale, my position, my biases, my values etc., as all these inform how I approach theoretically and how I apply them into future research work. The reading continues after chapter 2...