The book proposes a set of original contributions in research areas shared by planning theory; architectural research; design and ethical inquiry. The contributors gathered in 2010 at the Ethics of the Built Environment seminar organized by the editors at Delft University of Technology. Both prominent and emerging scholars presented their researches in the areas of aesthetics; technological risks; planning theory and architecture. The scope of the seminar was highlighting shared lines of ethical inquiry among the themes discussed; in order to identify perspectives of innovative interdisciplinary research. After the seminar all seminar participants have elaborated their proposed contributions. Some of the most prominent international authors in the field were subsequently invited to join in with this inquiry.Claudia Basta teaches "Network Infrastructures and Mobility" at Wageningen University. Between 2009 and 2011 she worked as Coordinator of the 3TU Centre of Excellence for Ethics and Technology of Delft University; where she completed her post-doc research on the shared areas of investigation between risk theories; planning theories and ethical inquiry. Her main research interests concern the matter of assessing and governing technological risks in relation to sustainable land use planning. She wrote a number of journal articles and contributions to collective books on these themes. Stefano Moroni teaches ldquo;Land use ethics and the lawrdquo; at Milan Politecnico. His main research interests concern planning theory and ethics. He is the author of a number of books and journal articles. Recent publications (as co-author): Contractual Communities in the Self-Organizing City (Springer 2012).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Extremely well researched; with many valuable insights. Very ...By Louie EdmundsonExtremely well researched; with many valuable insights. Very dense in style; almost but not quite crossing the line into sociological jargon.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. presenting a great deal of evidence suggesting that working class America is ...By Sarah Peller"Rednecks" is musical history that tells the story of the cultural creation of the powerful American middle class (the "narrating" class) using the concept of taste; detailing how although the middle class has become musically omnivorous of late; distaste for country music in particular defines this cultural group against its nemesis-reflection-- the white working class. Hubbs describes how the latter group; lacking the power of narration; has been characterized in the dominant image as a bigoted; ignorant mass dumbly voting against its own economic interests due to an unhealthy obsession with conservative social exclusionary causes including racism; sexism and homophobia. She explores country music lyrics; presenting a great deal of evidence suggesting that working class America is not inherently homophobic; but that as middle class cultural taste has changed to include formal acceptance of homosexuality; this process has included pinning homophobic ideas on the working class. This insight may be shocking to middle class readers who with the best of intentions have likely absorbed many of these social constructions as truths; thinking of mobs of ignorant working-class Americans as the "problem" with America; the ones voting Republican; the group maintaining all types of blind bigotry; while enlightened and educated middle class members appreciate all the worlds cultural forms except country music; of course; and the lead good fight against bigotry in any form. Hubbs destroys this image of the heroic middle class; not only by pointing out how mythological the stereotypes are; but also showing just how the narrating class maintains systemic bigotry while scapegoating voiceless groups. As if that werent enough rich history and hegemony-busting insight; Hubbs also takes the reader through a fascinating class-based and musical history of being queer in America. If you are interested (and how could you not be?) in music history; the formation of the social classes in the U.S.; the way dominant cultural narratives are formed and maintained; and/or the histor(ies) of queer America; told through class- and race-based lenses; you will find this book a fascinating read. Although it is an academic book; non-academic readers will find its broad insights and dense knowledge presented in an accessible; enjoyable manner.