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
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Agonismus, Entscheidung, Macht: Die Kunst, ergebnisoffen zu arbeiten
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and Planning ; ISSN: 1869-4179 ; Volume: 81 ; Year: 2023 ; Issue: 5 ; Pages: 449-460
- Classification
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Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung
- Subject
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Agonismus
Entscheidung
Partizipation
Chantal Mouffe
Michel Foucault
Agonism
decision
participation
Chantal Mouffe
Michel Foucault
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Pløger, John
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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oekom verlag
- (where)
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München
- (when)
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2023
- DOI
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doi:10.14512/rur.1668
- Handle
- Last update
- 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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- Artikel
Associated
- Pløger, John
- oekom verlag
Time of origin
- 2023