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This essay describes the background research and theorizing—developing a critical pragmatism—that has led the author to collect and analyze 7 prior books of “practice-focused oral histories”. The most recent of these collections of practice stories focuses on the work of place making in three parts: first, traditional if innovative architectural and urban design and public dispute mediation practices; second, place making that deals directly with issues of racial and multi-ethnic tension in communities and cities; and third, place making centered on leveraging and enhancing the arts.
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Notes
https://www.amazon.com/Scott-J-Peters/e/B003ZP7D20. Cf. O’Connell and Peters (2021).
See https://courses2.cit.cornell.edu/fit117/ (albeit an outdated but still functional and useful site for students and collaborators).
On critical pragmatism, see Forester (2013:3, 2016:280–296).
See here, of course, Weick’s extensive work, e.g. (Weick 1998).
I remain indebted to fieldworker Linda Shaw, in conversation, for this advice; cf. Emerson, Fretz, and Shaw (2011)
Thanks to Will Butler for conversations exploring collaborative improvisation.
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Forester, J. On the writing of “How spaces become places: place makers tell their stories”. Socio Ecol Pract Res 4, 149–155 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-022-00113-x
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