TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnographic Knowledge in Urban Planning
T2 - Bridging the Gap between the Theories of Knowledge-Based and Communicative Planning
AU - Mattila, Hanna
AU - Olsson, Pia
AU - Lappi, Tiina-Riitta
AU - Ojanen, Karoliina
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - ‘Knowledge-based’ approaches have recently made a breakthrough in urban planning. How to develop balance in knowledge-based planning between abstract and scientific knowledge, on the one hand, and ‘local knowledge’ on the other hand has been long debated. To this debate, we add a form of knowledge with potential for sustainable urban planning, i.e. ethnographic knowledge that could transmit an understanding of urban dwellers’ daily practices and values to planning organisations. Theoretical literature is the foundation of our argument, which we illustrate with a case study involving urban planners and decision-makers in the Helsinki region of Finland.
AB - ‘Knowledge-based’ approaches have recently made a breakthrough in urban planning. How to develop balance in knowledge-based planning between abstract and scientific knowledge, on the one hand, and ‘local knowledge’ on the other hand has been long debated. To this debate, we add a form of knowledge with potential for sustainable urban planning, i.e. ethnographic knowledge that could transmit an understanding of urban dwellers’ daily practices and values to planning organisations. Theoretical literature is the foundation of our argument, which we illustrate with a case study involving urban planners and decision-makers in the Helsinki region of Finland.
KW - communicative planning
KW - Ethnography
KW - local knowledge
KW - planning culture
KW - urban planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118528094&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14649357.2021.1993316
DO - 10.1080/14649357.2021.1993316
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1464-9357
VL - 23
SP - 11
EP - 25
JO - Planning Theory & Practice
JF - Planning Theory & Practice
IS - 1
ER -
