Geographies of authority

Brigstocke, Julian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2455-0504, Bresnihan, Patrick, Dawney, Leila and Miller, Naomi 2021. Geographies of authority. Progress in Human Geography 45 (6) , pp. 1356-1378. 10.1177/0309132520986227

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Abstract

We propose a geography that pluralises the sites, practices, and politics of authority. We defend an approach that tracks less perceptible forms of authority emerging through everyday micropolitics and experimental practices. In contrast to dominant definitions of authority as institutionalized legitimate power, we propose a definition of authority as a relation of guidance emerging from recognition of inequalities in access to truth, experience, or objectivity.Analysing four intersecting areas of authority (algorithmic, experiential, expert, and participatory authority), we propose analyses that trace authority’s affective force, and which address the tension between, but also mutual constitution of, authority and equality.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Additional Information:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
Publisher:	SAGE
ISSN:	0309-1325
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 December 2020
Date of Acceptance:	13 December 2020
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2023 18:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/137116

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