What is Critical Urbanism?

Urban Research as Pedagogy

Kenny Cupers editor Myriam Perret editor Manuel Herz editor Sophie Oldfield editor Laura Nkula-Wenz editor Emilio Distretti editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Park Books

Published:14th Jun '22

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What is Critical Urbanism? cover

Understanding and managing urban change in our global era demands a high degree of specialised and interdisciplinary knowledge. At the same time, city planners, architects, researchers, policymakers, and activists are deeply immersed in the chaotic and often contradictory urban realities that they are asked to address. What is Critical Urbanism? offers an innovative toolkit for engaging these present realities across disciplinary specialisations and geographic purviews.
Central to the book is the research and pedagogy of the Critical Urbanisms MA program at the University of Basel, established in collaboration with the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town. The program’s renowned and emerging urbanists demonstrate the power of working with care and reciprocity across different contexts and institutions, driven by engagement with varied communities of practice. They show how alternative urban futures can be imagined by addressing the historical injustices and global entanglements that shape the urban present. The book is tailored to students, graduates and teachers of urban studies and related disciplines including architecture, urban design, human geography, architectural history, and urban anthropology.

ISBN: 9783038602828

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 573g

204 pages