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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Main Author: Vijay Ameeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-12-01
Series:Open Cultural Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0056