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作者

Mary Lawhon;Lené Le Roux;Anesu Makina;Gloria Nsangi;Aditi Singh;Hakimu Sseviiri

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.41,Issue5,P.657-667

语言

英文

关键字

World of cities,southern urbanism,postcolonial theory,mentorship

作者单位

Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma , Norman, OK, USA

摘要

Urban geography has increasingly considered southern cities as important locations from which to develop urban theory. We build this wider movement and recent scholarship to continue opening urban geography to southern cities, scholars and ideas generated from the south. Here, we draw on the experiences of mentoring and being students from the global south. We think through the strategic importance of the south as a term and a political alliance, as well as some limitations of doing so; we hope for a future in which the term is needed less. We then think through the role of critical analysis and particularly socio-political scholarship and make observations about the difficulties of doing such work in southern contexts. We strive to create and contribute to an urban geography that rigorously develops ideas from anywhere and is mindful of the ongoing significance of the politics of knowledge in and outside the academy. KEYWORDS: World of citiessouthern urbanismpostcolonial theorymentorship Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Vetenskapsrådet [2015-03543].