Situating
The notion of ‘situated knowledge’ highlights that knowledge always reflects the particular perspectives of the knower. As a set of methods, situating invites us to reflect on how we position ourselves in relation to places and to one another. Taking a situated approach to urban practice involves centring lived experiences, particularly experiences of exclusion, rather than technical knowledge; approaching sites and people through careful listening and observation; and working with others to understand situations together, and from within.
References
Concepts
Article: Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective
Book: “Walking in the City”, The Practice of Everyday Life
Guide: Ethnography Fieldguide
Article: Didattica sul Campo. Una raccolta di strumenti per lo sviluppo di percorsi didattici innovativi
Stories
Photo Essay: At the edges of Europe
Article: Mapping San Siro Lab: Experimenting a grounded, interactive and mutual learning in urban complexity
Book chapter: Co-learning the city: towards a pedagogy of poly-learning and planning praxis
Article: Walking while black