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Discourse Analysis
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Jacobs, KA, Discourse Analysis, Methods in Urban Analysis, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., S Baum (ed), Singapore, pp. 151-172. ISBN 978-981-16-1676-1 (2021) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
This chapter introduces urban and planning students to the methodological
approach known as ‘discourse analysis’ that aims to uncover and provide insights on
the way that language is deployed to maintain and exercise power. The chapter begins
by explaining the origins of discourse analysis and the two most influential variants:
‘critical discourse analysis’ and analysis inspired by the writings of Foucault. The
next section of the chapter considers recent examples of Australian scholarship in
the fields of planning and housing where researchers have undertaken a discourse
analysis. The main section of the chapter provides the reader with two examples
of texts that consider the impacts of Covid-19 and the policy responses required. It
is, in this section, that the reader can learn how critical discourse and Foucauldian
approaches can be undertaken. The next section considers the criticisms that have
been directed at discourse analysis and how these might be overcome. Finally, the
chapter ends with six points as a way to summarise the main arguments that have
been put forward.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | urban, discourse analysis |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociological methodology and research methods |
Objective Division: | Construction |
Objective Group: | Construction planning |
Objective Field: | Construction planning not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Jacobs, KA (Professor Keith Jacobs) |
ID Code: | 145156 |
Year Published: | 2021 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2021-07-05 |
Last Modified: | 2021-09-13 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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