Brussels: Tracing the agglomeration

The paper explores Brussels and its past territorial makings while, at the same time, explaining the methodological implications of micro-empirical work. It draws on recent academic endeavours such as environmental history, political ecology and the Los Angeles School. It highlights the intricate po...

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Published inCity, culture and society Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 95 - 104
Main Author Zitouni, Benedikte
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2012
Subjects
19th Century
Archival Research
Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Chicago, Illinois
Cities
City
Los Angeles, California
Political History
Schools
Sociology
State
Urban Areas
Urban studies
Urban studies
Brussels
City
Sociology
19th Century
State
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Summary:The paper explores Brussels and its past territorial makings while, at the same time, explaining the methodological implications of micro-empirical work. It draws on recent academic endeavours such as environmental history, political ecology and the Los Angeles School. It highlights the intricate power-relationships of actors and matters in the shaping of a city. But it has also a very clear connexion with the interactionist Chicago School and the work of AMO, with the organic as well as the generic city, which, both, emphasise the thickness and undetermined character of social relationships, of urban patterns and of the more systemic workings of a city. The paper will thus show how empirical tracings, based on archival research, allow to unveil the macro and to discover, i.e. to follow step by step, the vectors of urban unity without using any theoretical or historical shortcuts.
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ISSN:1877-9166
1877-9174
DOI:10.1016/j.ccs.2011.12.003