Learning the City: Translocal Assemblage and Urban Politics
critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning,
and urban politics, arguing both for the centrality of learning for
political strategies and developing a progressive international
urbanism.
* Presents a distinct approach to conceptualising the city
through the lens of urban learning
* Integrates fieldwork conducted in Mumbai’s informal settlements
with debates on urban policy, political economy, and
development
* Considers how knowledge and learning are conceived and created
in cities
* Addresses the way knowledge travels and opportunities for
learning about urbanism between North and South
Table of Content
Series Editors’ Preface ix
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1
1 Learning Assemblages 15
Introduction 15
Translation: Distribution, Practice and Comparison 17
Coordinating Learning 19
Dwelling and Perception 21
Assemblage Space 23
Conclusion 30
2 Assembling the Everyday: Incremental Urbanism and Tactical
Learning 32
Introduction 32
Incremental Urbanism 33
Learning the Unknown City: Street Children in Mumbai 43
Learning, Rhythm, Space 47
Tactical Learning 54
Conclusion 59
3 Learning Social Movements: Tactics, Urbanism and Politics
62
Introduction 62
Knowing Social Movements 63
Global Slumming 66
The Housing Assemblage: Materializing Learning 69
Learning and Representation: Counting the Poor 74
Entrepreneurial Learning 85
Conclusion 90
4 Urban Learning Forums 92
Introduction 92
Uncertain Forums 93
Dialogic Urban Forums 98
Translocalism and Translation 105
Conclusion 113
5 Travelling Policies, Ideological Assemblages 115
Introduction 115
Translating Policy 117
Comparative Learning: Translation and Colonial Urbanism 122
Ideology and Postwar Urban Planning 128
Neoliberal Urban Learning Assemblages 134
Ideology and Explanation: Beyond Diffusionist Story-Making
145
Conclusion 151
6 A Critical Geography of Urban Learning 153
Introduction 153
The Actual and the Possible 155
Agency and Critical Learning 160
Assemblage and the Critical Learning Imaginary 164
Postcolonial Urban Learning? 167
Conclusion 172
Conclusion 174
References 185
Index 205
About the author
Colin Mc Farlane is Lecturer in Human Geography at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on urban geography, especially theorising the intersections between urban inequality, materiality, and knowledge.
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