In this paper I argue that cities in the global South constitute a distinctive 'type'of human
settlement. I begin by critiquing Brenner and Schmid's concept of planetary urbanization …

Urbanites worldwide fight for their right to housing and the city in ways that encompass what
Westernized and masculine takes on 'radical politics' make of them. This intervention …

Recent scholarship on the materiality of cities has been criticized by critical urban scholars
for being overly descriptive and failing to account for political economy. We argue that …

The paper provides a nuanced reading of the ways in which conditions of precarity arising
from forced evictions are 'made'and 'unmade'in their unfolding, offering a way to appreciate …

In this paper I argue that assemblage theory provides an innovative way to extend critique of
sustainable development as it is being remade by the 2015 United Nations Sustainable …

Seit den 2010er Jahren finden Assemblage-Theorien in den Sozialwissenschaften
zunehmend Verbreitung. Assemblage-Ansätze, die einen dezidierten Landschaftsbezug …

As the drive for global electrification proceeds, new pressures are placed on agrarian
environments in areas abundant in key minerals for electric batteries. The so-called lithium …

This paper interrogates the paradox of pathological treatments of certain transnational flows
in a time of pandemics. Reflecting on COVID-19 developments in Singapore between …

This paper uses three recent struggles over public space in California's East Bay (Berkeley
and Oakland) to critically interrogate the 'end of public space'thesis. Developing a historical …

Drawing on assemblage-thinking and specific assemblage concepts, this article explores
the ways in which young, less affluent people create a sense of home in an unregulated …