Urban Geography· 2013Q1
Provincializing Global Urbanism: A Manifesto
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This manifesto argues for 'provincializing global urbanism' to challenge the norm of 'northern' urbanization and incorporate diverse global perspectives into urban theory.
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Key points
- Mainstream urban scholarship often treats urbanization in advanced capitalist countries as the global norm.
- This 'global urbanism' model has repeatedly failed to deliver universal wealth or ecological sustainability.
- The paper proposes a ten-point manifesto to 'provincialize global urbanism.'
- This approach challenges existing theories and incorporates diverse global perspectives to imagine alternative urban futures.
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Abstract
“To thematize requires a project to select its objects, deploy them in a bounded field, and submit them to disciplined inquiry” (Guha, 1997, xv) Mainstream urban scholarship envisions urbanization as a global process that is best achieved via the worldwide application of the development mechanisms pioneered in the advanced capitalist countries—currently, those of neoliberal globalization. Yet the repeated failure of this vision to deliver on its promise of wealth for all and ecological sustainability compels urban scholars to rethink mainstream presumptions. By means of a ten-point manifesto, we argue that provincializing global urbanism creates space from which to challenge urban theories that treat “northern” urbanization as the norm, to incorporate the expertise and perspectives of urban majorities, and to imagine and enact alternative urban futures.
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Field: Urban Studies
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