TY - JOUR
T1 - Infrastructures, processes of insertion and the everyday
T2 - towards a new dialogue in critical policy studies
AU - Broto, Vanesa Castán
AU - Cortina-Oriol, Mercè
AU - Durrant, Daniel
AU - Griggs, Steven
AU - Guarneros-Meza, Valeria
AU - Hayes, Graeme
AU - Howarth, David
AU - Isunza-Vera, Ernesto
AU - Wong, Marcela Torres
AU - Zaremberg, Gisela
PY - 2022/2/28
Y1 - 2022/2/28
N2 - This forum argues that the complex assemblages of infrastructures, and their reproduction in our everyday worlds, offer a privileged lens through which to explore the practices of much of what critical policy studies holds dear. It draws attention to processes of insertion that reproduce infrastructure in everyday lives, arguing that such processes cast new light on the work of the state, governance, and democratic struggles. It discerns three avenues as a means of exploring such infrastructural processes: first, an invitation to transcend the physical form and reflect on infrastructural temporalities; second on the transformation of spatial governance and policy through infrastructure; and third, a re-assessment in the relationship between infrastructures and the ‘modernist ideal’. Through these avenues, light can be shed on the often ‘hidden’ practices of policymaking. We conclude by calling for a dialogue across diverse disciplines, side-stepping embedded divides between academics-activists, cities-towns, and the global south-north.
AB - This forum argues that the complex assemblages of infrastructures, and their reproduction in our everyday worlds, offer a privileged lens through which to explore the practices of much of what critical policy studies holds dear. It draws attention to processes of insertion that reproduce infrastructure in everyday lives, arguing that such processes cast new light on the work of the state, governance, and democratic struggles. It discerns three avenues as a means of exploring such infrastructural processes: first, an invitation to transcend the physical form and reflect on infrastructural temporalities; second on the transformation of spatial governance and policy through infrastructure; and third, a re-assessment in the relationship between infrastructures and the ‘modernist ideal’. Through these avenues, light can be shed on the often ‘hidden’ practices of policymaking. We conclude by calling for a dialogue across diverse disciplines, side-stepping embedded divides between academics-activists, cities-towns, and the global south-north.
KW - everyday
KW - governance
KW - infrastructure
KW - policy
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19460171.2022.2026236
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124299151&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19460171.2022.2026236
DO - 10.1080/19460171.2022.2026236
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124299151
SN - 1946-0171
VL - 16
SP - 121
EP - 130
JO - Critical Policy Studies
JF - Critical Policy Studies
IS - 1
ER -