Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Lecture 4

Beyond Architecture

Key Texts


Codd, John (1990) “Making Distinctions: The Eye of the Beholder” in Harker, Richard et al (Ed) An Introduction to the Work of Pierre Bourdieu. Macmilian, London:132-159.

Foucault, Michel and Rabinow, Paul (1982, 1998) “Space, Knowledge and Power” in Hays, Michael (Ed) Architecture Theory since 1968. The MIT Press, Massachusetts: 428-439.

General Reference


Hirst, Paul (1993) “Foucault and Architecture”. AA Files, No. 26: 52-60.

Foucault, Michel (1975) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Vintage Books, New York.

Bourdieu, Pierre (1984) Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Polity Press, Cambridge.

Bennett, Tony and etc. (1999) Accounting for Tastes: Australian Everyday Cultures, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.   

Bourdieu, Pierre (1993) The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature. Polity Press, Cambirdge.

Jenkins, Richard (1992) Pierre Bourdieu. Routledge, London.

Stevens, Garry (1998) The Favored Circle: The Social Foundations of Architectural Distinction, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

Gell, Alfred (1998) Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory, Clarendon Press, Oxford, New York.

Jean-Philippe showed me a book during the lecture break, which may be of some relevance:

Webster, Helena (2011), Bourdieu for Architects, London and New York: Routledge