Dissipating the Political: Battersea Power Station and the Temporal Aesthetics of Development
This article analyses the idiom of “placemaking” in contemporary development, specifically considering the Battersea Power Station development in south London. It argues that the recourse to a highly aestheticised concept of place allows development to mediate the structural transformations they are...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018-12-01
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Series: | Open Cultural Studies |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0056 |