Abstract
The Shape of Social Policies. Architectural Experiences in London Between 1964 and 1979
Highlights
About thirty years ago, Jim Kemeny noticed the loss of conceptual content in housing studies, in spite of the many disciplinary elds involved
Housing is often seen as real estate, and short-term thinking overwhelms reflection that could lead to better alternatives for the environment of habitation
He deplored the "epistemic drift," the tendency towards thinking at "lowest common interdisciplinary denominators." He argued that housing research should go back into the depth of each discipline's insights and develop speci c concepts and ideas, which in the long run would enrich interdisciplinary thinking
Summary
Jim Kemeny noticed the loss of conceptual content in housing studies, in spite of the many disciplinary elds involved. Housing studies are still developed mostly outside the field of architecture. He deplored the "epistemic drift," the tendency towards thinking at "lowest common interdisciplinary denominators." He argued that housing research should go back into the depth of each discipline's insights and develop speci c concepts and ideas, which in the long run would enrich interdisciplinary thinking.
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