Diasporic Agencies: Mapping the City Otherwise

by Nishat Awan

Diasporic Agencies addresses the neglected subject of how architecture and urban design can respond to the consequences of increasing migration. Arguing that diasporic inhabitations can only be understood as the co-production of space, subjectivity and politics, the book explores questions of difference, belonging and movement in the city. Through focusing on a series of examples, it reveals how diasporas produce new types of spaces and develop new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367668505
• ISBN13: 9780367668501
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages