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Paul Davidoff’s Life in Prospect. Building a Progressive Planning Research Agenda through Engaged Scholarship

Antonio Raciti / Kenneth Reardon

This article explores Paul Davidoff’s life and its relevance to the epochal turn for the planning discipline when theories in planning gave up ground to new theories of planning. By using biography as a method of inquiry, this article highlights the intertwined relations between Davidoff’s scholarship, his public and private life, and his efforts to face structural racism in planning. The article offers suggestions for progressive planning by reflecting on the relevance of scholars’ entrenchment with their context to foster practice and research through engagement.

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Paul Davidoff’s Life in Prospect. Building a Progressive Planning Research Agenda through Engaged Scholarship

Antonio Raciti / Kenneth Reardon

This article explores Paul Davidoff’s life and its relevance to the epochal turn for the planning discipline when theories in planning gave up ground to new theories of planning. By using biography as a method of inquiry, this article highlights the intertwined relations between Davidoff’s scholarship, his public and private life, and his efforts to face structural racism in planning. The article offers suggestions for progressive planning by reflecting on the relevance of scholars’ entrenchment with their context to foster practice and research through engagement.

Paul Davidoff’s Life in Prospect. Building a Progressive Planning Research Agenda through Engaged Scholarship

Antonio Raciti / Kenneth Reardon

This article explores Paul Davidoff’s life and its relevance to the epochal turn for the planning discipline when theories in planning gave up ground to new theories of planning. By using biography as a method of inquiry, this article highlights the intertwined relations between Davidoff’s scholarship, his public and private life, and his efforts to face structural racism in planning. The article offers suggestions for progressive planning by reflecting on the relevance of scholars’ entrenchment with their context to foster practice and research through engagement.

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Title:

Paul Davidoff’s Life in Prospect. Building a Progressive Planning Research Agenda through Engaged Scholarship

Contributors:

Antonio Raciti (author) / Kenneth Reardon (author) / Raciti, Antonio / Kenneth, Michael Reardon

Publication date:

2024-01-01

Remarks:

doi:10.1177/15385132241270287

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1177/15385132241270287

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

English

Keywords:

Paul Davidoff , biography , advocacy planning , suburbanization , anti-racist planning

Classification:

DDC: 710

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