tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761481062799905743.post4125776095447155280..comments2009-07-09T12:39:29.344-04:00Jon Kollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888466586219193268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761481062799905743.post-10769054260731707902009-07-09T12:39:29.344-04:002009-07-09T12:39:29.344-04:00I strongly agree with your assessment. My interest is the built environment--I believe it can support or derail any social movement. Part 3 of this series (probably Part 3) will be about how we can build "post-fordist" places within the current system, which strongly favors the dominant economic paradigm.Jon Kollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888466586219193268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761481062799905743.post-82005978924904687542009-06-29T21:51:40.248-04:002009-06-29T21:51:40.248-04:00I like that you're talking about this with a historical perspective; too often people take the current state of the built environment as something static. To your social argument, I would add that concurrent innovations in economic organization shouldn't be ignored: A shift from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing economy. Exponential growth in industrial production, entirely new markets created to absorb product. Identities shift from "citizen" to "consumer." Similarly, perhaps one cause of your "new movement" is the recent/ongoing shift to a post-fordist economic paradigm.enoreply@blogger.com