Unlearning [Un]Located Ideas in the Provincialization of Urban Theory
2016 (engelsk)Inngår i: Regional studies, ISSN 0034-3404, E-ISSN 1360-0591, Vol. 50, nr 9, s. 1611-1622Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]
Postcolonial scholars have argued for the provincialization of urban knowledge, but doing so remains an opaque process. This paper argues that explicit attention to 'learning to unlearn' unstated theoretical assumptions and normativities can aid in provincialization, and demonstrate ways in which theorizing entails a socio-spatial situation. The authors' efforts to grapple with operationalizing learning to unlearn in three different urban cases are described, followed by an articulation of strategies for theorizing which more explicitly acknowledge theory-building's situatedness as well as points of reflection for developing postcolonial urban theory. It is argued that this usefully shifts the focus of unlearning from 'who' is theorizing 'where' towards theory's unstated norms and assumptions.
sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Taylor & Francis, 2016. Vol. 50, nr 9, s. 1611-1622
Emneord [en]
urbananization, urban theory, theory from the South, Global South, urban studies
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-192251DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1162288ISI: 000380373900012Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85032070003OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-192251DiVA, id: diva2:967363
Konferanse
Lawhon, Mary, Jonathan D Silver, Henrik Ernstson, and Joe Pierce. 2016. “Unlearning [Un]Located Ideas in the Provincialization of Urban Theory.” Regional Studies 50 (9): 1611–22. doi:10.1080/00343404.2016.1162288.
Prosjekter
HICCUP
Forskningsfinansiär
Swedish Research Council Formas, 211-2011-1519
Merknad
QC 20160912
Corection in ”Correction in: Regional Studies, 2016, vol. 50, issue. 9, page. EI-EI. Doi: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1189117, WOS: 000380373900001
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