Lawhon, Mary, Ernstson, Henrik and Silver, Jonathan David (2014) Provincializing urban political ecology: towards a situated UPE through African urbanism. Antipode, 46 (2). pp. 497-516. ISSN 0066-4812
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Urban 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 The Authors. Antipode © 2014 Antipode Foundation Ltd. |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2014 10:22 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:41 |
| Projects: | Dnr: 250-2010-1372, RES-066-27-0002 |
| Funders: | Swedish research council Formas, Economic and Social Research Council |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59155 |
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