Introduction: Asian Cities and Urban Settlers

Jordan Sand

doi:10.1111/ciso.12294

Introduction: Asian Cities and Urban Settlers

Jordan Sand^*

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Abstract

This essay introduces six studies based on oral history and ethnography in spontaneous urban settlements in East and Southeast Asia. It proposes that asking residents to tell the history of their settlements provides an important tool for understanding them in the context of their cities. Rather than focusing on the theoretical issues around “informality,” we seek to understand the settlement process itself, in both material and discursive terms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	368-374
Number of pages	7
Journal	City and Society
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ciso.12294
Publication status	Published - 2020 Aug 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Asian Cities
Informal Settlements
Oral History
Self-Building
Slums

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Urban Studies

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