Contemporary processes of urbanisation present major challenges for urban research and
theory as urban areas expand and interweave. In this process, urban forms are constantly …

This article introduces the concept of popular urbanization to describe a specific
urbanization process based on collective initiatives, self‐organization and the activities of …

This paper introduces the concept of “bypass urbanism” to account for a process of
urbanization that is reordering center-periphery relations of urban regions into new …

This paper explores and discusses the experimental, critical and self-reflective use of
differing methods in urban studies. In the context of frequent calls to investigate urban …

What do struggles over pipelines in Canada, housing estates in France, and shantytowns in
Martinique have in common? In Urban Revolutions, Stefan Kipfer shows how these …

Housing in the Margins offers a theoretically informed and empirically detailed exploration of
unruly housing practices and their governance at the periphery of Berlin. An original …

All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you.(Octavia E. Butler in Parable
of the Sower, 1993) Ghosts of bodies that inhabit urban natures. Territorial ruins left in the …

Everyday resistances and struggles over contested urban territories are particularly
instructive for those interested in urban futures in the making. However, moving beyond the …

Die ethnografische Erforschung von Stadt lässt sich nicht auf einzelne Werkzeuge
reduzieren. Vielmehr handelt es sich um einen multimodalen Methodenzugang, der eine …

This paper serves as an introduction to the “Contested urban territories: decolonized
perspectives” special issue. The idea for this issue emerged during our reflections on a …