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
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Creators:
Kraftl, P.
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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
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ISSN:
0263-7758
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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