Provincializing urban political ecology : towards a situated UPE through African urbanism

dc.contributor.authorLawhon, Mary
dc.contributor.authorErnstson, Henrik
dc.contributor.authorSilver, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-27T10:23:06Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.description.abstractUrban political ecology (UPE) has provided critical insights into the sociomaterial construction of urban environments, their unequal distribution of resources, and contestation over power and resources. Most of this work is rooted in Marxist urban geographical theory, which provides a useful but limited analysis. Such works typically begin with a historical-materialist theory of power, then examine particular artifacts and infrastructure to provide a critique of society. We argue that there are multiple ways of expanding this framing, including through political ecology or wider currents of Marxism. Here, we demonstrate one possibility: starting from theory and empirics in the South, specifically, African urbanism. We show how African urbanism can inform UPE and the associated research methods, theory and practice to create a more situated UPE. We begin suggesting what a situated UPE might entail: starting with everyday practices, examining diffuse forms of power, and opening the scope for radical incrementalism.en_US
dc.description.librarianhb2014en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Swedish research council Formas (“Ways of Knowing Urban Ecologies”; Dnr: 250-2010-1372; WOK-UE) and the ESRC (“Urban Transitions: Climate Change, Global Cities, and the Transformation of Socio-Technical Networks”; award number RES-066-27-0002).en_US
dc.description.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8330en_US
dc.identifier.citationLawhon, M, Ernstson, H & Silver, J 2014, 'Provincializing urban political ecology : towards a situated UPE through African urbanism', Antipode, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 497-516.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0066-4812 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1467-8330 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/anti.12051
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/37182
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_US
dc.rights© 2013 The Authors. Antipode © 2013 Antipode Foundation Ltd. Wiley-Blackwell. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8330en_US
dc.subjectUrban political ecologyen_US
dc.subjectAfrican urbanismen_US
dc.subjectEveryday practiceen_US
dc.subjectSouthern theoryen_US
dc.subjectUrban theoryen_US
dc.titleProvincializing urban political ecology : towards a situated UPE through African urbanismen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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