For a new Dark Age in urban theory
Year: 2025
Type: editorial
Abstract: In ‘On Resisting the Seduction of Theory’, Robert Lake suggests theory is not fit for purpose. In this commentary, I suggest theory doesn’t mean what he thinks it means and that his envisioned alternative of ‘doing’ won’t, in the current moment, produce the results he seeks. In lieu, I propose that an ethics of both knowing and doing might be what urban academics most need right now.
Source: Dialogues in Urban Research
Author: Caroline S Ponder
Institution: The University of Texas at Austin
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,400
OpenAlex ID: W4407894629