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Intellectuals and the production of space in the urban renewal process in Hong Kong and Taipei.
- Source :
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Planning Theory & Practice . Mar2014, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p77-92. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Through two concrete urban renewal cases in Asia, this paper develops a schema of “social engineers-smugglers-experts-critical experts” to differentiate the roles of system-maintaining and system-transforming intellectuals in the production of space. While pro-establishment “social engineers” and “experts” use their “epistemic authority” to produce top-down renewal plans to promote exchange values, “critical experts” outside the government and “smugglers” within the bureaucracy play significant roles in “de-coding” the use values of people's lived spaces. The cases highlight the important roles of system-transforming intellectuals in re-problematizing urban renewal issues and experimenting with alternative policies and plans to restructure space that sustains community building. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14649357
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Planning Theory & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94856539
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2013.870224