Toms reading list

From UANotebook

lists of readings, books, articles, and authors that I should start (re-)reading for my general edification as well as to prepare me for General Exams

authors

  • Carl Sauer
  • John Jakle
  • J.B. Jackson
  • Jane Jacobs
  • William Whyte
  • Clare Cooper Markus (House as reflection of self -- did intense interviews with people talking to their houses and then switched roles to be the houses talking back to them)

concepts and other stuff

  • "metaphor is as important in science (?) as it is in literature" --find citation in Dr. Bob's first colloquium lecture.
  • strategic visibility & strategic invisibility; Kristina Gibson, UConn (presented at 2008 AAG)
  • Sandercock, Leonie. "Out of the Closet: The Importance of Stories and Storytelling in Planning Practice." Planning Theory & Practice. Vol. 4, No. 1, 11-28, 2003.
ABSTRACT: This article argues that story has a special importance in planning that has neither been fully understood nor sufficiently valued. Planning is performed through story: in policy, in process, in pedagogy, in critique, as a foundation, and as a catalyst for change. A better understanding of the work that stories do can make us better planners in at least three ways: by expanding our practical tools, by sharpening our critical judgement and by widening the circle of democratic discourse.

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