Minutes, meetings, and ‘modes of existence
Navigating the bureaucratic process of urban regeneration in East London
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7197050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gillian Evans (University of Manchester), G Edward Evans (University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | 124-137 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9655.12598 |
| OpenAlex | W2596198321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 11 |
Inspired by Latour's aim to restore balance to the anthropological project by exoticizing the artefacts and procedures of so‐called ‘modern knowledge’, this essay gives an ethnographic description of emergent processes of knowledge production in the context of the planning and development of urban regeneration in London. Bureaucratic meetings are described as part of the organizational infrastructure that enables the crafting of new urban futures, and it is argued that, because the making of reality is always seen to be forward moving, there is a need, as in navigation, to plot a course. The essay focuses on the subversive potential of informal meetings, and argues, more generally, that meetings are the materially social, and affectively technical, manoeuvres that make possible direction‐finding and contestation about the way forward
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Balance (ability · Bureaucracy · Business · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Futures contract · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Regeneration (biology · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies · French Urban and Social Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |