Journal article
Planning as Persuaded Storytelling: The Role of Genre in Planners' Narratives
Planning theory & practice, v 18(4), pp 583-596
02 Oct 2017
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Abstract
Genre is one of narrative's key structuring tools, bounding and delimiting texts. When planners write within a given genre, they tacitly endorse specific conventions. By conforming to these conventions, planners reproduce the historical and linguistic arrangements that led to the ratification and codification of certain types of narratives. This paper explores how two of the author's prior publications fit uncomfortably within the ambit of specific genres. It suggests ways to push back against the limits of genre, to produce texts more responsive to a project of mutual learning between authors and readers. Through recognition, interrogation, and transformation of genre, authors can advance the project of planning for the common good.
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- Title
- Planning as Persuaded Storytelling: The Role of Genre in Planners' Narratives
- Creators
- Andrew Zitcer - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Planning theory & practice, v 18(4), pp 583-596
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Architecture, Design, and Urbanism
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000423789200005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85030699486
- Other Identifier
- 991019168242104721
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