02584cam a2200349 a 4500 5718318 BD-DhUL 20160403161950.0 110518s2011 maua b 001 0 eng 2011021113 9781405192828 (hardback) 1405192828 (hardback) 9781405192811 (paperback) 140519281X (paperback) (OCoLC)650218737 BD-DhUL BD-DhUL pcc HT361 .M42 2011 303.32 MCL McFarlane, Colin, Learning the city : knowledge and translocal assemblage / Colin McFarlane. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. xi, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. RGS-IBG book series Learning assemblages -- Assembling the everyday: incremental urbanism and tactical learning -- Learning social movements: tactics, urbanism and politics -- Urban learning forums -- Travelling policies, ideological assemblages -- A critical geography of urban learning -- Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-204) and index. "Learning the City critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urbanism. It argues both for the centrality of learning for political strategies and for a resurgence of learning that represents a critical opportunity to develop a progressive international urbanism. The author combines the result of his fieldwork conducted in Mumbai and other regions with a synthesis of the most current theoretical research on knowledge, space, and materiality to show how learning should be viewed as central to the production and politics of cities. In doing so, he deploys the analytic of assemblage to explain the complex processes through which knowledge and learning enable and limit various forms of urbanism. This groundbreaking work examines learning as a practice, explores learning as tactics, and reveals how learning is intrinsic to the shape of political imaginaries, strategies, and contestations. A critical discussion of the types of learning environments that may facilitate more socially just urbanisms is also included. Provocative, timely, and fraught with scholarly rigor, Learning the City offers invaluable insights into the role of learning in urban developmental studies"--Provided by publisher. Sociology RGS-IBG book series. Cover image http://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781405192828.jpg ddc BK 52195 52195 0 0 ddc 0 303_320000000000000 0 NFIC 86935 DUL DUL GEN 2012-11-20 Purchased 303.32 476450 2016-04-03 2016-04-03 BK