Urban Assemblages, (In)formality, and Housing in the Global North

Bibliographic Data

ID5114740
AuthorsMark Jayne (0000-0002-5150-4861, University of Manchester), Suzanne M Hall (0000-0002-6379-4544, University of Manchester), Sarah Marie Hall
Year2019
Volume109
Issue3
Pages685-704
Publication date2019-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/24694452.2018.1505481
OpenAlexW2884832529
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited84

Geographers and urbanists focused on assemblages in the Global South have significantly advanced urban theory, investigating politics, policy, everyday practices of (in)formality-infrastructure, water, sanitation, housing, education, health-how (non)human actors, networks, practices, ideas, and learning constitute urban life. This article outlines new directions for this agenda, presenting research into comparative geographies of Live-in-Guardians-“temporary” living, often in nonresidential buildings, based on licensed tenure-undertaken in London, Dublin, Amsterdam, and New York City that considers water sprinklers, light and air, employment, money, travel, ghosts, family, love, nuns, intimacy, slamming doors, echoes, friendship, aesthetics, leaks, draughts, comfort, sharing, heat and cold, housing markets, consumer culture, and so on. We engage with (non)human assemblages to offer new theoretical and empirical insights into relational politics, legislation, policy, (in)mobilities, (un)comfortable materialities, and more-than-representation, which we argue are key to understanding (in)formal housing in the Global North

Economic geography · Environmental planning · Formality · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance · Water Governance and Infrastructure