SOCI 364 Lecture 5: L5
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Blackboxing: (cid:862) o(cid:373)e desig(cid:374)s get (cid:271)uilt(cid:863) a(cid:374)d sta(cid:271)ilized, (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g: obligatory passage points, co(cid:374)(cid:272)eali(cid:374)g politi(cid:272)s a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)terests withi(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:271)la(cid:272)k (cid:271)ox(cid:863) Or pervasive and powerful social actors, covering their own tracks even as they network with one another. A bit of history: 1820 70, rise of an escapist suburban landscape, reform the blighted industrial city or move to the suburb, reform, english public health act (1875), by-law street ordinance. Increasingly focused on transforming streets and handling congestion: adopting a regional focus(garden city as model), anti-grid and permanently oriented towards residential use, 1930-1950.
