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The Anthropocene and the great transformation: Perspectives for critical governance and transformation research in the spatial sciences
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Spatial transformation: Processes, strategies, research design
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ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Abstract
This article critically examines the new guiding concept of transformation in the spatial sciences with regard to its underlying narrative - namely the Anthropocene. Without such an examination, spatial science research might contribute to apolitical, spatially undifferentiated and Eurocentric gover... view more
This article critically examines the new guiding concept of transformation in the spatial sciences with regard to its underlying narrative - namely the Anthropocene. Without such an examination, spatial science research might contribute to apolitical, spatially undifferentiated and Eurocentric governance and transformation research. Hence, I propose to place political aspects and questions of power more firmly in the focus of theoretical, methodological and empirical interest and to take up a general perspective of inequality. Plurality and diversity (from a social and spatial perspective as well as with regard to knowledge production) therefore become the central transverse dimensions of governance and transformation research, which should essentially be reflexive.... view less
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
epistemological orientation; knowing and nonknowing; problem framing; provincialising theories and practices; reflexivity
Collection Title
Spatial transformation: Processes, strategies, research design
Editor
Larjosto, Vilja; Knaps, Falco; Abassiharofteh, Milad; Göb, Angelina; Baier, Jessica; Eberth, Andreas; Zebner, Fabiana; Thimm, Insa
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
Verlag der ARL
City
Hannover
Page/Pages
p. 50-60
Series
Forschungsberichte der ARL, 19
ISBN
978-3-88838-109-6
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed