Brigstocke, Julian, Bresnihan, Patrick, 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 |
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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: | 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 |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/17642 |
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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