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Colin McFarlane
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Densities and crowds, fragments, and sanitation
Caitlin and Michele walk the city with Colin McFarlane, with a conversation about hopes and concerns on the state of cities that take us from the outskirts of Glasgow to the informal settlements of Mumbai and Delhi. Colin talks us through leaps into unknown spaces, and we discuss the importance of densities in urban studies, amidst cultural differences and pressing inequality issues on the ‘right to citylife’. Amidst toilets and sewers, we think of the politics of life in urban settlements, and how we can learn about the crowded buzz of cities in fragments.
Colin McFarlane is Professor of Urban Geography at Durham University. His work focuses on the experience and politics of urban life. He is author of Learning the City: Knowledge and Translocal Assemblage, and Principal Investigator of the DenCity project funded by the European Research Council.
If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Colin’s work in Urban Studies in the Related Articles section below.
And if you want more, we very much recommend Colin’s recent books:
McFarlane C (2023) Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife. London and New York, NY: Verso Books.
McFarlane C (2021) Fragments of the City: Making and Remaking Urban Worlds. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
Credits
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nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman
St James Park – Changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace by Kalou
Shri-Kumar-Mardu-Mumbai-1 by xserra
Berlin-Market1.mp3 by Raman Coco
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