Contrapuntal Urbanisms: Towards a Postcolonial Relational Geography

Cian O'Callaghan
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Cian O'Callaghan: National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Environment and Planning A, 2012, vol. 44, issue 8, 1930-1950

Abstract: Relational geography has reformulated how we study cities, but has reiterated perennial problems in the discipline between the utility of theory and the complex realities it purports to represent. I argue that by constructing this problem as a dialogue between urban and postcolonial studies, we can find better ways to understand this frustration and reflexively engage with it. Through reworking Edward Said's ‘contrapuntal’ perspective, I propose a relational urban geography which is more sensitive to the ontological limitations of theory, and which takes a provisional approach to conceptualising and writing about cities. I then illustrate these propositions through a contrapuntal reading of recent redevelopment in Cork, Ireland.

Keywords: Edward W Said; postcolonialism; contrapuntal perspective; relational urbanism; Cork; Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1068/a44615

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