Date: February 19th, 2008

We see what we expect to see: Part 1, why we want to know

19 February, 2008 (10:29) | Public housing, Public-Private Partnerships, Research, Theory | No comments

 
“I am sure that you inquired your way merely in order that you might see him.”
“Not him.”
“What then?”
“The knees of his trousers.”
“ And what did you see?”
“What I expected to see.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red-Headed League
 
When it comes to urban neighborhoods, do we see them as they are, or how we imagine them to [...]