Artikel

Agonism, decision, power: The art of working unfinished

The current debate on agonism has become fixed in an institutional approach: How can an agonistic design institutionally become a tool against forms of domination? An agonistic space needs decisions that do not silence dissensual voices with a finite decision. This paper suggests that this agonistic approach needs de-cisions or simply put, temporary decisions drawn from seeing a decision as a solution for now. A de-cision is not a no-decision, but a decision recognised as temporary. The paper proposes 'the sketch' as an appropriate mode for working de-cisionally and unfinished. By having a sketch and working de-cisionally, planners are able to invite agonistic positions to ongoing talks and to act progressively, adaptably, or rationally in the face of emerging circumstances and uncertainty. To work unfinished from a sketch transforms the planning process from being a matter of reaching a finite decision to a strife about how to understand the present and which temporary contours and directions to move on from. The paper as such thus deals with difficult praxis questions, for instance: How is it possible to allow dissent to inform planning praxis in praxis? How can quarrelling and working unfinished empower planning democracy?

Alternative title
Agonismus, Entscheidung, Macht: Die Kunst, ergebnisoffen zu arbeiten
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and Planning ; ISSN: 1869-4179 ; Volume: 81 ; Year: 2023 ; Issue: 5 ; Pages: 449-460

Classification
Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung
Subject
Agonismus
Entscheidung
Partizipation
Chantal Mouffe
Michel Foucault
Agonism
decision
participation
Chantal Mouffe
Michel Foucault

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Pløger, John
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
oekom verlag
(where)
München
(when)
2023

DOI
doi:10.14512/rur.1668
Handle
Last update
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  • Artikel

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  • Pløger, John
  • oekom verlag

Time of origin

  • 2023

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