The Value of Quality: Conflicting Orders of Worth Assigning the Quality of Space
This paper adds to the discussion on quality of space by analyzing it through the lens of valuation theory, thus introducing an evaluative notion of quality that moves beyond the descriptive identification of general spatial characteristics.The first section of the paper argues that quality conveys...
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| 出版年: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/qds, |
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| フォーマット: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| 言語: | Anglais |
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Quaderni di Sociologia
2024
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| オンライン･アクセス: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 要約: | This paper adds to the discussion on quality of space by analyzing it through the lens of valuation theory, thus introducing an evaluative notion of quality that moves beyond the descriptive identification of general spatial characteristics.The first section of the paper argues that quality conveys an affirmative connotation derived from an evaluator’s positive assessment of an object’s properties. Building on this, the second part links the evaluative conceptualization of quality to orders of worth (Boltanski, Thévenot, 2006). Accordingly, the paper defines the quality of space as those spatial characteristics that are of relative value within a subject’s order of worth. The third section illustrates these conceptualizations by analyzing the redevelopment of Potsdamer Platz in Berlin during the 1990s and the orders of worth that shaped this historical event. This analysis shows how orders of worth generate conflicts regarding the quality of space but also foster alliances and complicities in such a way that certain spatial arrangements get realized while others do not. |
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