Jaqueline Tyrwhitt and transnational discourse on modern urban planning and design, 1941–1951
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12276997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Shoshkes (Portland State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 262-283 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-9268 • E-ISSN: 1469-8706 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0963926809006282 |
| OpenAlex | W2069325259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper illuminates the significant contributions that Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, a British town planner, editor and educator, made to transnational discourse on modern urban planning and design from 1941 to 1951. This is when she formulated her synthesis of utopian planning ideals, grounded in the bio-regionalism of the Scottish visionary Patrick Geddes and informed by European modernism. Her hybrid grew into the Geddessian branch of the planning arm of the post-war modern movement. In addition to uncovering Tyrwhitt's hidden voice, the article also uses the biography of a transnational actor as a vehicle to analyse the emergence of the concept that urbanism encompasses both the global and the local
Aesthetics · Art · Biography · Civil engineering · Modernism (music · Planner · Political science · Politics · Regionalism (politics · Sociology · Urban design · Urban planning · Urbanism · Visual arts · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Rural development and sustainability · Scottish History and National Identity · Urban Planning and Governance · Architecture
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |