How Do Scholars Communicate the ‘Temporary Turn’ in Urban Studies? A Socio-Semiotic Framework

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ID22018286
AuthorsRobin A Chang (0000-0002-6201-5393, TU Dortmund University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume6
Issue1
Pages133-145
Publication date2021-02-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v6i1.3613
OpenAlexW3133050753
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited67

Interdisciplinarity broadens urban planning praxis and simultaneously deepens how urban research unfurls. Indeed, this breadth and depth diverges and converges the understanding of current and popular concepts such as temporary use (TU)—also recognized as short-term or temporally undefined use of space. Through a meta-research, or research about research approach employing socio-semiotics and bibliometric analyses for the first time in relation to TU, I clarify the increasing scholarly attention to urban interventions by asking: How are urban scholars communicating the TU discourse? A socio-semiotic framework helps unpack the production of meanings as well as symbols channeled through the scholarly institutionalization of TU. Supporting this, I use bibliometric analyses to explicate the production and reproduction of meaning through keywords and citation networks in research literature. This study illuminates epistemological activities and reflects on directions tied to our understanding and articulation of a potential ‘Temporary Turn’ in theory and practice

Citation · Epistemology · Institutionalisation · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Philosophy · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urban Planning and Governance

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