Visions of Vancouver

Ideology, Democracy, and the Future of Urban Development

Bibliographic Data

ID11670588
AuthorsKatharyne Mitchell (0000-0001-9238-7318, University of Washington, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume17
Issue6
Pages478-501
Publication date1996-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2747/0272-3638.17.6.478
OpenAlexW1964832056
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited27

Urban landscapes cannot be understood solely by material or symbolic criteria, but only by a close examination of their various interlinkages. The production of ideological meanings concerning a city's identity, development, and future trajectory are both constitutive and reflective of material processes and desires. In this paper, I examine the economic and political context in which a vision of one city's future identity was promoted. I argue that a 1990 newspaper series concerning the future of Vancouver, British Columbia, can be read as an important thread within a broader tapestry of hegemonic formation—a formation profoundly interlinked with the entrenchment of a neo-liberal agenda in Canada. I also suggest that this effort to shape a hegemonic vision of the city's future draws on and helps to transform broader, common-sense understandings of Canadian democracy and of the role of citizens within a liberal welfare state

Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Hegemony · Identity (music · Ideology · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · History · Law · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Urban Planning and Governance

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