Introduction to the special issue “Contested urban territories: decolonized perspectives”
<p>This paper serves as an introduction to the “Contested urban territories: decolonized perspectives” special issue. The idea for this issue emerged during our reflections on a socioterritorial perspective, preeminent in the current Latin American analysis of contemporary urban struggles (Sch...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | https://www.geogr-helv.net/75/11/2020/gh-75-11-2020.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>This paper serves as an introduction to the
“Contested urban territories: decolonized perspectives”
special issue. The idea for this issue emerged during our reflections on a
socioterritorial perspective, preeminent in the current Latin American
analysis of contemporary urban struggles (Schwarz and Streule, 2016). It
aims to contribute to these ongoing debates about a specific understanding of
urban territories from a postcolonial and decolonized perspective by combining
contributions from two paper sessions we organized at the 2017 meeting of
the American Association of Geographers in Boston with additional papers by
scholars who could not participate in the conference. All seven
contributions tackle the question of what a relational and dynamic
conceptualization of territory may contribute to current debates in the
urban studies field. Put more precisely, to which extent are socioterritorial
approaches of value for a further decentering and pluralizing of urban theory? What is their
significance to research on urban social movements? And, finally, how does
such a socioterritorial perspective nurture and complement an analysis of
the social production of space? The present special issue invites the reader
to get familiar with new concepts and engage in a critical reflection on the
conditions of knowledge production in urban geography and beyond.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |