URBAN THEORYpermanent WORKSHOP

Archive

What we have asked so far

A record of the Workshop’s work: the Roundtables and their recordings, and the Contributions written by postgraduate students. Texts and recordings from later cycles will be added here.

Roundtables

First edition, 2021

Roundtable questions

In the Roundtables, members of the Network present their research and discuss it with peers whose interests match theirs. The recordings are on our YouTube channel.

  1. Postcolonial theoryWhat are the future directions for postcolonial urban studies?
  2. COVID-19 · Global cities · Global regionsCan COVID-19 lead us to rethink the idea of centrality?
  3. Planetary urbanisationWhat is urban about planetary urbanisation?
  4. Mediterranean citiesHow can Mediterranean cities be conceptualised?
  5. Comparative urbanismWhat are the challenges of global comparative projects?
  6. Spatial justice · Comparative urbanism · InequalitiesCan spatial justice be inserted in a global comparative project?
  7. Spatial justice · Inequalities · Feminism · Planetary urbanisationHow can the feminist city be inserted in the discourse of planetary urbanisation?

All recordings on YouTube

Contributions

Contributions

Essays, literature reviews and book reviews by postgraduate students, from master’s courses in critical urban studies.

The contributions stem from master’s courses held in the field of critical urban studies. We reached out to professors at 28 universities across 11 countries. So far, we have collected essays, literature reviews and book reviews from postgraduate students on topics ranging from housing governance and policy to migration, planetary urbanisation, southern urbanism and more.

Members of the Network can propose their own work for this collection.

All contributions

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All contributions

  1. Book review · Urban EcologyRafael DanialyReview: Suburban Planet or Planetary Suburbanization? Urban or Suburban in the Core?
  2. Literature review · Cultural and Gender Studies · Urban EcologyClaudia Dorman-AlonsoWhat would a feminist perspective on planetary urbanization theory look like, or is it inherently a masculinist discourse?
  3. Literature review · Urban EcologyImmacolata LamacchiaHow Planetary Urbanization entered the Urban Studies debate: Historical traditions from 1950 until today
  4. Literature review · Urban Planning and GovernanceSelene MattiodaUrban Crisis: The complexity of the term density. If we lose density, do we lose the city itself?
  5. Literature review · Economic Geography · Migration and Border StudiesJuliana OrtizHow Ethnic Entrepreneurship Is Affected by and Could Affect the Dynamics of the Global City Region
  6. Literature review · Economic Geography · Migration and Border StudiesSantiago Guido RossiThe welfare effects of rural-urban migration: Is it possible to consider urbanization a positive outcome of rural-to-urban migration?
  7. Literature review · Social and Environmental JusticeEmanuele SciuvaSpatial Justice through the Lens of Comparative Urbanism
  8. Essay · Cultural and Gender StudiesEbba SidhChallenging Urban Dichotomies and Post-colonial Narratives in the North of Sweden
  9. Essay · Urban Planning and GovernanceMarianna ValentiLa costruzione della tabula rasa. Prospera: emulazione ed evoluzione di un modello urbanoItaliano
  10. Essay · Urban Planning and GovernanceMarianna ValentiLa distanza dal suoloItaliano
  11. Essay · Housing StudiesLucy Broomfield“Council has done f** all to renovate this f*****g s**t tip”: A critical analysis of Wacquant’s ‘territorial stigmatisation’ on housing conditions in Gleadless Valley, Sheffield
  12. Essay · Housing StudiesCharlie Heywood-HeathTo what extent is gentrification a symptom of urban decline rather than a solution?
  13. Essay · Housing Studies · Urban Planning and GovernanceHosoya MisaHousing, Carbon Emissions and Climate Change
  14. Essay · Housing Studies · Cultural and Gender StudiesEllena MasonWhich Side of Generation Rent Do You Fall On? Exploring the Housing Trajectories of Young People Today
  15. Literature review · Urban EcologyErika YounanExtended Urbanization: A Literature ReviewVideo
  16. Literature review · Urban EcologyGiulia LemesHow does the process of planetary urbanization reshape our understanding of the relationship between city and hinterland?Video
  17. Literature review · Urban Planning and GovernanceHannah DeClerqHow can we re-recognise slums as imperatives of urbanisation processes?Video
  18. Literature review · Housing Studies · Digital Geography · Social and Environmental JusticeHuang LihuiGentrification and Urban Inequality in the Digital Age: A Literature ReviewVideo
  19. Literature review · Urban EcologyJosefa RamirezWhat is the role of planetary urbanization in urban areas? A Literature ReviewVideo
  20. Literature review · Cultural and Gender StudiesMenting YangHow relevant is feminist geography to urban issues?Video