Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

The city as showroom: Singapore and the rise of the “urban solutions” industry

This open access article argues that because of the impact that exporting urban planning expertise has on a city’s or nation’s image and economic development, the spatial planning of districts … Continue reading

Friday, 20 February 2026 · Leave a comment

Weathering the Change: How Street Vendors are Shaping Their Future in the Face of Climate Challenges in ASEAN

These three case studies have been developed as part of an Oxfam project titled ‘Improved Social Protection and Labor Rights for Women Workers in ASEAN’s Agri-Food Sector’, funded by DGD … Continue reading

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 · Leave a comment

Co-producing Urban Spaces – Collaborative Methods Towards an Insurgent Urbanism

How can collaborative methods of planning and design act as tools to develop insurgent urbanism? Juliana Canedo analyses practices that arise from the protagonism of marginalized communities and the accumulative … Continue reading

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 · Leave a comment

Informational Peripheries – Rethinking the urban in a digital age

‘Informational peripheries’ are a combination of digital, material, territorial, infrastructural and social marginalisations that emerge from informational control, redlining, manipulation and blockading. This book argues that in a digital age, … Continue reading

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 · Leave a comment

The Politics of Unpaid Labour

This book presents a theory of the politics of unpaid labour which explains why and how its study is important for addressing inequality in precarious work. It focuses on the … Continue reading

Thursday, 6 February 2025 · Leave a comment

The unending corridor: Critical approaches to the politics, logics and socio-technics of urban corridorisation

Corridors entail and promote pervasive logics of (dis)connectivity. Over the years, corridors have become increasingly predominant across a range of spaces, places and territories. Their prevalence reflects a critical global … Continue reading

Monday, 6 January 2025 · Leave a comment

The Foreign Gaze – Essay on Global Health

The field of research known as academic global health is in the midst of a scientific debate that is questioning its epistemological foundations. This book contributes to that questioning. Through … Continue reading

Thursday, 12 December 2024 · Leave a comment

Measuring small towns – why definitions matter?

The definitions used to classify settlements are critical in determining the allocation of resources. To fulfil their functions, urban centres need financial resources and technical capacity. This is especially important … Continue reading

Wednesday, 27 November 2024 · Leave a comment