Informelle Stadtplanung

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This seminar reviews key debates on informal urbanism and examines the social, economic, political, and spatial dimensions of this phenomenon. The focus is on exploring modes of urban production across different contexts, which emerge as expressions of inequality and marginalisation while simultaneously coexisting with what is known as formal planning. The aim of the course is to develop a critical understanding of informal urbanism by analysing the multiple discourses, spatial practices and materialities associated with it. Throughout the seminar, students are introduced to foundational theories and postcolonial scholarship dedicated to the critical exploration of various dimensions behind the manifestations of informal urbanisation. They will become familiar with prominent authors and theories that focus primarily on the Global South, while also delving into the growing literature devoted to forms of informal urbanism in the Global North.