For some years now, scholars in a range of fields have been arguing that canonical approaches to urban space fall short when faced with cities such as Kinshasa. Despite claims to universal applicability, such approaches tend to be thoroughly Eurocentric. Rooted in the Modernist project, they favor teleological narratives of progress in which the Euro-American metropolis serves as the model and benchmark. At their core is a reliance on dichotomies - center versus periphery, formal vs informal, success vs failure - that cannot effectively account for diversity. Such either/or readings of urban space have a pernicious effect that extends far beyond the realm of philosophical difference. At the hands of the IMF, the World Bank and related insti...
El carácter periférico y segmentado de la red urbana y de las vías de comunicación en la República D...
Notre investigation est une étude du processus de la création spatiale non maîtrisée et du développe...
In 1964, on request of the Congolese government, France sends a ‘Mission Française d’Urbanisme’ (MFU...
For some years now, scholars in a range of fields have been arguing that canonical approaches to urb...
In this selection, from Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne’s Urban Theory Beyond the West (2011) urban anthr...
International audienceThe strength of Kinshasa-based artist Méga Mingiedi's map-like drawings and co...
Short Abstract Building upon recent ethnographic work with land chiefs in Kinshasa,this papers exp...
Kinshasa, the capital of the DRCongo, is a city that counts amongst the African continent’s largest ...
As elsewhere on the African continent, Congo’s cities increasingly imagine new futures for themselve...
In 1964, on request of the Congolese government, France sends a ‘Mission Française dʹUrbanisme’ (MFU...
In 2019, Kinshasa counts some thirteen million inhabitants. By 2075, demographers expect that it wil...
Anthropologist Filip De Boeck and Photographer Sammy Baloji reflect upon their collaborative researc...
The contemporary urban landscape of Kinshasa is scattered with numerous billboards presenting shiny ...
This exhibition by photographer Sammy Baloji and anthropologist Filip De Boeck offers an exploration...
What does the nebulous idea of living together in a place such as Kinshasa mean? And what is the rol...
El carácter periférico y segmentado de la red urbana y de las vías de comunicación en la República D...
Notre investigation est une étude du processus de la création spatiale non maîtrisée et du développe...
In 1964, on request of the Congolese government, France sends a ‘Mission Française d’Urbanisme’ (MFU...
For some years now, scholars in a range of fields have been arguing that canonical approaches to urb...
In this selection, from Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne’s Urban Theory Beyond the West (2011) urban anthr...
International audienceThe strength of Kinshasa-based artist Méga Mingiedi's map-like drawings and co...
Short Abstract Building upon recent ethnographic work with land chiefs in Kinshasa,this papers exp...
Kinshasa, the capital of the DRCongo, is a city that counts amongst the African continent’s largest ...
As elsewhere on the African continent, Congo’s cities increasingly imagine new futures for themselve...
In 1964, on request of the Congolese government, France sends a ‘Mission Française dʹUrbanisme’ (MFU...
In 2019, Kinshasa counts some thirteen million inhabitants. By 2075, demographers expect that it wil...
Anthropologist Filip De Boeck and Photographer Sammy Baloji reflect upon their collaborative researc...
The contemporary urban landscape of Kinshasa is scattered with numerous billboards presenting shiny ...
This exhibition by photographer Sammy Baloji and anthropologist Filip De Boeck offers an exploration...
What does the nebulous idea of living together in a place such as Kinshasa mean? And what is the rol...
El carácter periférico y segmentado de la red urbana y de las vías de comunicación en la República D...
Notre investigation est une étude du processus de la création spatiale non maîtrisée et du développe...
In 1964, on request of the Congolese government, France sends a ‘Mission Française d’Urbanisme’ (MFU...