Slum genealogy

Rice, L. (2010) Slum genealogy. In: Destination Slum! International Conference, Bristol, UK, 9th - 11th December, 2010.

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Abstract

The slum is consuming the world. Thus slums by virtue of their presence: as a utopian model – always present, everywhere and always the same: have power. They have become more powerful than the formal city, princes and philosophers alike are drawn to them. Slums (aka informal cities) as research objects are often criticised as colonialism and/or poorism, but they can be viewed as the mirror/ inverse effect. Slums cannot be ignored, their presence forces itself into the consciousness of the formal world: of the scientific world. Thus power relations are inversed; power is immanent in slums. Adopting Banham’s methodology, this research examines the positive and pedagogic elements of slum tourism. In excavating the slum, a genealogical understanding is generated, with lessons for the formal city.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	architecture, urban design, informal cities, knowledge
Faculty/Department:	~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Environment and Technology > Department of Planning and Architecture Faculty of Environment and Technology > Department of Planning and Architecture
ID Code:	16032
Deposited By:	L. Rice
Deposited On:	23 Nov 2011 15:33
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2012 15:51