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To conceptualize 'assemblage' within urban geography by putting it into dialogue with theories of dwelling to examine the relational nature of urban space.

January 1, 2011Environment and Planning D Society and SpaceOpen Access

The City as Assemblage: Dwelling and Urban Space

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To conceptualize 'assemblage' within urban geography by putting it into dialogue with theories of dwelling to examine the relational nature of urban space.
Theoretical synthesis bridging assemblage theory with geographic debates on dwelling.
Qualitative reflection using fieldwork observations from São Paulo and Mumbai across diverse contexts including informal housing, urban policy, and transit mobility.
Assemblage offers a viable analytical foundation for understanding the city as an active, unfolding dwelling process rather than a static container.
The synthesis highlights urban spatiality as inherently processual, relational, mobile, and marked by structural inequalities.

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates how assemblage theory informs urban dwelling, suggesting cities are fundamentally processual, relational, and unequal spaces.

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Colin McFarlane (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dc8dda89c4deb67d3591a7 https://doi.org/10.1068/d4710

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates how assemblage theory informs urban dwelling, suggesting cities are fundamentally processual, relational, and unequal spaces.

The City as Assemblage: Dwelling and Urban Space

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