Decolonizing planning : power and knowledge in the informal city / edited by Bjørn Sletto (Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Austin, USA), Tanja Winkler (School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Efadul Huq (Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Smith College, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sletto, Bjørn, editor.

Winkler, Tanja, editor.

Huq, Efadul, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Decolonizing research series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Social aspects.

Decolonization.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This pioneering book challenges dominant technocratic approaches to planning, focusing on the transformative potential of innovative, alternative, and community-centered initiatives. It outlines planning processes founded on endogenous knowledge, ontologies, and social relations that point towards decolonizing urban pedagogy and practice. With contributions from scholars and their community partners working in marginalized societies across the globe, the book presents diverse approaches to planning from transnational and transdisciplinary perspectives. Chapters draw on detailed case studies to examine a wide range of methodologies and praxes, including planning derived from Indigenous epistemologies and the role of grassroots planners. They cut across traditional categories, modes of planning, and regional divisions, rethinking dominant paradigms and highlighting the value of decolonial thinking in the field. Students and scholars in planning, urban geography, development studies and urban design will greatly benefit from the cutting-edge insights presented in this book. It is also a useful resource for planning practitioners, as well as professionals in international development agencies and NGOs working with low-income communities, particularly in the Global South"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to decolonizing planning / Bjørn Sletto, Tanja Winkler and Efadul Huq

Part I: Rationalities

2. Decolonizing resilience: Learning from unexplored stories and perspectives surrounding hazard and disaster risks in Puerto Rico / Santina L. Contreras, Monique A. Lorenzo Pérez and Lorna G. Jaramillo Nieves

3. Urban design otherwise: Weaving learning alliances for co-creation in/with popular neighbourhoods in Medellin / Catalina Ortiz and Luz Mila Hernandez Pineda

4. Decolonizing planning for socio-environmental protection in the periphery of Fortaleza, Brazil: Reflecting on the power of epistemic disobedience / Clarissa Freitas, Naggila Frota and Carla Nascimento

5. Urban decolonial narratives by grassroots urban actors in Lusaka, Zambia / Gilbert Siame, Cinthia Freire Stecchini and Ian Marshall Matimba

Part II: Representation

6. Caring for life/cuidar la vida: Documenting grassroots territorial control and self-determination in Tirua / Magdalena Ugarte, Natalia Caniguan, Javier Marihuen and Miguel Melin

7. Local collectivist capability and the people's plan for Chitturthathamangalam, Kerala, India / Jayaraj Sundaresan, Malini Krishnankutty and Richard Scaria

8. 'I am a planner too': Confessions of a grassroots 'slum' leader / Tanzil Shafique and Mohammed Taher

9. Killakina: Decolonizing planning for rematriating land and life / Gladis Grefa and Alexandra Lamiña

10. Situated pedagogies in preservation planning: Transgressing borders and co-producing knowledge through arts-based and engaged scholarship / Magdalena Novoa and Elizabeth Aguilera

Part III: Reflexivity

11. Residents' learning-by-doing whilst planning from the 'border': Towards an interstitial understanding of planning praxis / Nobukhosi Ngwenya and Mabhelandile Twani

12. Decolonizing planning studio pedagogy: Grappling with tensions and dissonances / Clara Irazábal, Bi'Anncha Andrews, Maxine Gross and Joanne M. Braxton

13. The nilgiris field learning center: An experiment in the making / Neema Kudva, Anita Varghese and Mira Kudva Driskell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035319978 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.