The spatial practice of public engagement: "doing' geography in the South Wales valleys

被引:19
作者
Saunders, Angharad [1 ]
Moles, Kate [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glamorgan, Dept Sci & Sport, Pontypridd CF37 4AT, M Glam, Wales
[2] Cardiff Univ, WISERD, Cardiff CF10 3BB, S Glam, Wales
关键词
public engagement; spatial practices; audio walks; place; engagement public; pratiques spatiales; visites audio; lieu; involucramiento publico; practicas espaciales; caminatas con audio; lugar; POLICY; PLACE; REFLECTIONS; KNOWLEDGES; WALKING; BORDER;
D O I
10.1080/14649365.2012.733407
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
This paper explores the spatial practices of public engagement through the consideration of an audio walk project that took place in Ebbw Vale in the summer of 2010. In the current political climate public engagement is often seen as a universal good, a way of demonstrating the productive dialogues that exist between experts' and their manifold publics. As studies in science communication have shown, however, this is a little misleading, for the term public engagement' masks a great diversity of projects and initiatives, which vary in the degree, methods and effectiveness of their engagement. In this paper, we argue that what is missing from many of these critiques is an attentiveness to the placing' and spacing' of our public engagement practices: where we work, who we work with and how we work all affect the nature, meaning and effectiveness of public engagement. Drawing on the idea of spatial practices, this paper explores the situated doing of the Ebbw Vale audio walk project. Cet article examine les pratiques spatiales de l'engagement public a travers l'etude d'un projet de visite audio entrepris a Ebbw Vale en ete 2010. Dans le climat politique actuel, l'engagement public se fait presenter comme bien universel, c'est-a-dire une facon de demontrer les dialogues producteurs qui existent entre des << experts >> et leurs multiples publics. On voit pourtant a travers les etudes en communication scientifique que cette definition risque d'etre trompeuse, car le terme << engagement public >> dissimule une grande diversite de projets et d'initiatives qui varient quant au degre, aux methodes, et a l'efficacite de leur engagement. Dans cet article nous affirmons que ces critiques manquent d'une attention prete a la << localisation >> (spacing) et a la << situation >> (placing) de nos pratiques d'engagement public: la oU on travaille, ceux avec qui on travaille, et la facon dans laquelle on travaille touchent a la nature, la signification, et l'efficacite de l'engagement public. Cet article examine donc la realisation situee du projet de visite audio a Ebbw Vale en tirant de l'idee de pratiques spatiales. Este articulo se explora las practicas espaciales del involucramiento publico por considerar un proyecto de una caminata con audio hecho en Ebbw Vale en el verano de 2010. En el clima politico de hoy, el involucramiento del publico es frecuentemente visto como un bien universal, una forma de demonstrar los dialogos productivos que existen entre los expertos' y sus publicos diversos. Como los estudios de comunicacion en las ciencias han mostrados, esto es un poco enganoso, porque el termino involucramiento publico' se oculta una diversidad de proyectos y iniciativas, cuales varian en el grado, metodo y la eficacia de su involucramiento. En este articulo discutimos que lo que estas criticas faltan es atencion al ubicacion' y espacializacion' de nuestras practicas de involucramiento: donde trabajamos, con quienes trabajamos, y como trabajamos afectan la naturaleza, significativo y la eficacia de involucramiento publico. Llevando del idea de practicas espaciales, este articulo se explora los eventos situados del proyecto de una caminata con audio de Ebbw Vale.
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