P M Mcguirk
Biographic Data
| ID | 3720129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P M Mcguirk |
| GIVEN NAMES | P M |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcguirk |
| SIGNATURE | MCGUIRK P M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Discipline of Human Geography, School of Geosciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The material politics of smart building energy management: A view from Sydney's commercial office space
Watering the suburbs: Distinction, conformity and the suburban garden
Research on domestic water use has conventionally been confined to understanding the role of physical variables such as rainfall and temperature in influencing patterns of consumption. In limiting research to this narrow focus, the significance of socio-cultural variables has been largely ignored. This paper seeks to develop socio-cultural understandings of domestic water use by examining water consumption as part of a broader set of consumption …
Defining Moments’ and Refining Myths in the Making of Place Identity: The Newcastle Knights and the Australian Rugby League Grand Final
This paper deals with the role of the media in refashioning place identity and in repositioning places in the cultural system of space. Specifically, it examines as a case study the media coverage of the September 1997 success of the ‘Newcastle Knights’ in the Australian Rugby League Grand Final. This event produced an intriguing moment in the reimagination of the identity of Newcastle (New South Wales), an industrial city undergoing ‘deindustria…
Situating Communicative Planning Theory: Context, Power, and Knowledge
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to an emerging body of critique of communicative planning theory (CPT). The critiques in the paper are grounded in analysis of situated planning practice in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, where planners were 'feeling their way towards' democratising planning practice in line with the normative dimensions of CPT. Two critiques are offered. Both are fundamentally concerned with power and the tenden…
Situating Communicative Planning Theory: Context, Power, and Knowledge
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to an emerging body of critique of communicative planning theory (CPT). The critiques in the paper are grounded in analysis of situated planning practice in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, where planners were 'feeling their way towards' democratising planning practice in line with the normative dimensions of CPT. Two critiques are offered. Both are fundamentally concerned with power and the tenden…
Watering the suburbs: Distinction, conformity and the suburban garden
Research on domestic water use has conventionally been confined to understanding the role of physical variables such as rainfall and temperature in influencing patterns of consumption. In limiting research to this narrow focus, the significance of socio-cultural variables has been largely ignored. This paper seeks to develop socio-cultural understandings of domestic water use by examining water consumption as part of a broader set of consumption …
Defining Moments’ and Refining Myths in the Making of Place Identity: The Newcastle Knights and the Australian Rugby League Grand Final
This paper deals with the role of the media in refashioning place identity and in repositioning places in the cultural system of space. Specifically, it examines as a case study the media coverage of the September 1997 success of the ‘Newcastle Knights’ in the Australian Rugby League Grand Final. This event produced an intriguing moment in the reimagination of the identity of Newcastle (New South Wales), an industrial city undergoing ‘deindustria…
The material politics of smart building energy management: A view from Sydney's commercial office space
Defining Moments’ and Refining Myths in the Making of Place Identity: The Newcastle Knights and the Australian Rugby League Grand Final
This paper deals with the role of the media in refashioning place identity and in repositioning places in the cultural system of space. Specifically, it examines as a case study the media coverage of the September 1997 success of the ‘Newcastle Knights’ in the Australian Rugby League Grand Final. This event produced an intriguing moment in the reimagination of the identity of Newcastle (New South Wales), an industrial city undergoing ‘deindustria…
Situating Communicative Planning Theory: Context, Power, and Knowledge
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to an emerging body of critique of communicative planning theory (CPT). The critiques in the paper are grounded in analysis of situated planning practice in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, where planners were 'feeling their way towards' democratising planning practice in line with the normative dimensions of CPT. Two critiques are offered. Both are fundamentally concerned with power and the tenden…
Watering the suburbs: Distinction, conformity and the suburban garden
Research on domestic water use has conventionally been confined to understanding the role of physical variables such as rainfall and temperature in influencing patterns of consumption. In limiting research to this narrow focus, the significance of socio-cultural variables has been largely ignored. This paper seeks to develop socio-cultural understandings of domestic water use by examining water consumption as part of a broader set of consumption …
The material politics of smart building energy management: A view from Sydney's commercial office space
Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Architectural engineering (1 works)