Brigstocke, Julian and Bresnihan, Patrick and Dawney, Leila and Millner, Naomi (2021) Geographies of authority. Progress in Human Geography, 45 (6). pp. 1356-1378. ISSN 0309-1325

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Abstract

We propose a geography that pluralizes the sites, practices and politics of authority. We defend an approach that tracks less perceptible forms of authority emerging through everyday micropolitics and experimental practices. In contrast to dominant definitions of authority as institutionalized legitimate power, we define authority as a relation of guidance emerging from recognition of inequalities in access to truth, experience or objectivity. Analysing four intersecting areas of authority (algorithmic, experiential, expert and participatory authority), we propose analyses grounded in political aesthetics that trace authority’s affective force, and its role in disclosing and contesting the common.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Brigstocke, J., Bresnihan, P., Dawney, L. & Millner, N. 2021, "Geographies of authority", Progress in human geography, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1356-1378.
Keywords:	aesthetics; common; experiential authority; expertise; judgement; participation; power;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	17642
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132520986227
Depositing User:	Patrick Bresnihan
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2023 10:37
Journal or Publication Title:	Progress in Human Geography
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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