03138nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10483311 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110518s2011 maua sb 001 0 eng d 2011021113 9781405192828 (hardback) 9781405192811 (paperback) 9781444343403 (ePDF) 9781444343434 9781444343410 (ePub) 9781444343427 (mobi) 9781444343403 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)747411980 HT361 .M42 2011eb 303.3/2 23 McFarlane, Colin, 1979- Learning the city [electronic resource] : knowledge and translocal assemblage / Colin McFarlane. 1st ed. Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. xi, 218 p. : ill. RGS-IBG book series ; 56 Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction.1. Learning assemblages.2. Assembling the everyday: incremental urbanism and tactical learning.3. Learning social movements: tactics, urbanism and politics.4. Urban learning forums.5. Travelling policies, ideological assemblages.6. A critical geography of urban learning.Conclusion. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Urbanization Social aspects. Social learning. Social epistemology. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. RGS-IBG book series ; 56. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10483311 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 122689 122689