Broto, VC;
Cortina-Oriol, M;
Guarneros-Meza, V;
Griggs, S;
Durrant, D;
Hayes, G;
Howarth, D;
... Zaremberg, G; + view all
(2022)
Infrastructures, processes of insertion and the everyday: towards a new dialogue in critical policy studies.
Critical Policy Studies
, 16
pp. 121-130.
10.1080/19460171.2022.2026236.
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Abstract
This forum argues that the complex assemblages of infrastructures, and their reproduction in our everyday worlds, offer a privileged lens through which to explore the practices of much of what critical policy studies holds dear. It draws attention to processes of insertion that reproduce infrastructure in everyday lives, arguing that such processes cast new light on the work of the state, governance, and democratic struggles. It discerns three avenues as a means of exploring such infrastructural processes: first, an invitation to transcend the physical form and reflect on infrastructural temporalities; second on the transformation of spatial governance and policy through infrastructure; and third, a re-assessment in the relationship between infrastructures and the ‘modernist ideal’. Through these avenues, light can be shed on the often ‘hidden’ practices of policymaking. We conclude by calling for a dialogue across diverse disciplines, side-stepping embedded divides between academics-activists, cities-towns, and the global south-north.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Infrastructures, processes of insertion and the everyday: towards a new dialogue in critical policy studies |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19460171.2022.2026236 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2022.2026236 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Infrastructure, everyday, governance, policy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176338 |
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