Utopia, performativity and the unhomely

Kraftl, P. (2007) Utopia, performativity and the unhomely. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 25(1), pp. 120-143. 0263-7758.

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Abstract:	In this paper I discuss how a differently conceived performative and architectural understanding of utopia can help us to rework and extend notions of utopianism that have received renewed attention in recent times. In developing this point, I argue that, although notions of dwelling and comfort are key to utopia and architecture, the ‘unhomely’ and ‘unsettling’, which also appear in aspects of thought on performativity, are a crucial and as-yet greatly underscrutinised part of thinking about utopia. I attempt to question what we consider ‘good’ or desirable, and hence to enlarge the frame of what we consider ‘utopian’. Through this, I consider the potential beginnings of an extended uncanny utopian ethics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism > HX806 Utopias. The ideal state G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography > GF41 Human geography. Human ecology
Creators:	Kraftl, Peter
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016)
Date:	2007
Date Type:	Publication
Page Range:	pp. 120-143
Journal or Publication Title:	Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
Volume:	25
Number:	1
Language:	English
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1068/d397t
ISSN:	0263-7758
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/797

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