Chapter 14Demystifying Cultural Research Methods

STEPHEN WALKER, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

CONTRIBUTOR PROFILE: STEPHEN WALKER

Stephen Walker is a Reader in Architecture at the University of Sheffield. His research takes place on the peripheries of architecture, involving contemporary arts practice and critical theory, working with a range of subjects from medieval Breton architecture to contemporary ring roads, artists and temporary fairgrounds, and much in between.

Context

What, or who, is this cultural architect? Haven’t architects always been closely associated with cultural production? Contemporary interest in ‘culture’ has seen some practitioners expand their repertoire, explicitly increasing the range of their activities, adapting ...

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