Afterword 2. All the planners are merely players and each of them, in his time, plays many parts

Abstract

The paper proposes a critical reflection on the role of planners in planning practices, emphasising the ethical dimension of the methodological approach followed in the use of narratives and autobiographies, typical of John Forester's experience, in this type of study. The use of narratives and biographical experiences reveals aspects of great relevance concerning how planners interact with different actors and groups of actors and sensitivity to the socio-spatial diversity of the same in their different life experiences.