From expected to unexpected comparisons
Changing the flows of ideas about cities in a postcolonial urban world
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Garth Myers (0000-0001-5370-2389, Urban Studies Trinity College Hartford Connecticut USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 104-118 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12046 |
| OpenAlex | W1578376927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 30 |
Urban geography is breaking free from the bonds of global developmentalist categories and regionalisms as it approaches comparativism. As a result it is becoming possible to place cities everywhere onto some sense of a level playing field, where comparability exists for certain circulations of policies and certain categories of events, processes or phenomena. This essay is an exploration into practically working out the empirical shape of new forms of comparative work. Sometimes changing the flows of ideas in urban studies means bypassing the expected global N orth comparisons; sometimes changing the flows means reversing them, for S outh‐ N orth comparisons which begin in the S outh. In this paper, I use two brief thought experiments for thinking through the flows of ideas differently. The first experiment entails developing an understanding of the spatial, social and economic divides of H artford, Connecticut from A frican urbanism; the second involves building understandings of urban morphologies from C hina‐ A frica urban comparison
Comparability · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Human geography · Positive economics · Pure mathematics · Sociology · Urban geography · Urban planning · Urbanism · Architecture · Mathematics · Philosophy · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban Studies
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Planetary postcolonialism
Exploring divergences in comparative research
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Two Dimensions of Existence of the ‘Slum’ in the Global City
Shifting paradigm of urban sustainability
Decolonising cities of the global South in the classroom and beyond
Sindh in Karachi
African dreams
Theorising with urban China
Thinking ‘with’ China
Starting from anywhere, making connections
Comparison and community engagement
Thinking cities through elsewhere
Smart Cities Beyond Methodological Cityism
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Verandahs of Power
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African Cities
Ordinary Cities
City Futures
Cityness and African Urban Development
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| Unique citing works | 58 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,83 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |