Dealing with discomfort: how the unspeakable confounds wicked planning problems

摘要: The idea of ‘wicked’ problems has made a valuable contribution to recognising the complexity and challenges contemporary planning. However, some wicked policy are further complicated by significant moral, psychological, religious or cultural dimension. This is particularly case for that possess strong elements abjection symbolic pollution high degrees psychosocial sensitivity. Because this affects way these framed discussed they also characterised levels verbal proscription. As result, not in rational emotion-free conventional planning demands can become obscured inadequately acknowledged processes. contributes their wickedness intractability. Through paradigmatic urban examples, we argue placing unspeakable nature at forefront enquiry will enable planners advocate more contextually culturally situated approach planning, which accommodates both emotional embodied talk alongside technical contributions. Re-imagining potential enhance plan-making disrupt norms, expose contingency, open new ways merely wicked.