CHESNEAU Isabelle (dir.).
The city word for word.
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| N° d'inventaire | 25055 |
| Format | 15 x 23 |
| Détails | 224 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782863646861 |
As we know, words are never neutral.
Whether it's public policy, participatory urban planning, territorial marketing, or the labeling of urban projects, many professional practices bring us back to the power of language, to the assurance it brings to exchanges as well as the doubt it can create. Yet, language issues are, to say the least, neglected by urban research.
To address this gap, architects, urban planners, sociologists, historians, and geographers examine these terms that inspire and guide the production and thinking of the city. They examine how words change urban representations, sometimes even through a certain narrative. The authors also raise the question of emerging phenomena that require an original lexicon. Basically, how to name the new ? And above all: do the new words apply to truly new situations?
Whether it's public policy, participatory urban planning, territorial marketing, or the labeling of urban projects, many professional practices bring us back to the power of language, to the assurance it brings to exchanges as well as the doubt it can create. Yet, language issues are, to say the least, neglected by urban research.
To address this gap, architects, urban planners, sociologists, historians, and geographers examine these terms that inspire and guide the production and thinking of the city. They examine how words change urban representations, sometimes even through a certain narrative. The authors also raise the question of emerging phenomena that require an original lexicon. Basically, how to name the new ? And above all: do the new words apply to truly new situations?
Whether it's public policy, participatory urban planning, territorial marketing, or the labeling of urban projects, many professional practices bring us back to the power of language, to the assurance it brings to exchanges as well as the doubt it can create. Yet, language issues are, to say the least, neglected by urban research.
To address this gap, architects, urban planners, sociologists, historians, and geographers examine these terms that inspire and guide the production and thinking of the city. They examine how words change urban representations, sometimes even through a certain narrative. The authors also raise the question of emerging phenomena that require an original lexicon. Basically, how to name the new ? And above all: do the new words apply to truly new situations?