Linking discourse and space towards a cultural sociology of space in analysing spatial policy discourses 英语专业论文.docVIP

Linking discourse and space: towards a cultural sociology of space in analysing spatial policy discourses Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore how spatialities are ‘constructed’ in spatial policy discourses, and to explore how these construction processes might be conceptualised and analysed. To do this we discuss a theoretical and analytical framework for the discourse analysis of socio-spatial relations. Our approach follows the path emerging within planning research focusing on the relations between rationality and power, making use of discourse analytics and cultural theoretical