Worlding and wilding : Lagos and Detroit as global cities
| Autor: | Stephen Marr |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cultural Studies
Archeology Economic growth 060101 anthropology Sociology and Political Science 0211 other engineering and technologies Urban studies Lagos General Social Sciences Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap 021107 urban & regional planning Global Cities 06 humanities and the arts 02 engineering and technology Capitalism post-industrial World cities theory Economy Anthropology 0601 history and archaeology Detroit Sociology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Popis: | A long-standing debate in the urban studies literature emphasises the place of cities in the global cultural, financial and political economy. Traditional approaches to the study of world cities have typically left little room for the cities of the South or the more ‘marginal’ cities in the West. In this essay, I argue for a more inclusive theoretical and conceptual space that incorporates a broader range of urban situations through a comparative investigation of two cities: Lagos and Detroit. Though they are in some ways peripheral to the functioning of global capitalism, they remain central to its narrative. I therefore suggest that even as Detroit and Lagos undergo experiences of ‘wilding’ these processes represent an often unacknowledged aspect of ‘worlding’. The paper represents a preliminary attempt to centre African and post-industrial cities in the wider critical narrative of contemporary global urbanism. |
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