In recent years much health research across the social sciences and humanities has
undergone a noticeable, albeit by no means cohesive or comprehensive,'turn'towards a …

Informal settlements are becoming more entrenched within African cities as the urban
population continues to grow. Characterised by poor housing conditions and inadequate …

This book demonstrates the value of ethnographic theory and methods in understanding
space and place, and considers how ethnographically-based spatial analyses can yield …

This paper offers an integrated conceptual framework for the research and amelioration of
energy deprivation in the home. It starts from the premise that all forms of energy and fuel …

Life Takes Place argues that, even in our mobile, hypermodern world, human life is
impossible without place. Seamon asks the question: why does life take place? He draws on …

This paper shows that assemblage thinking and actor‐network theory (ANT) have much
more to gain from each other than debate has so far conceded. Exploring the conjunctions …

This paper examines the social life and sociality of urban infrastructure. Drawing on a case
study of land occupations and informal settlements in the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil …

Title: Inside smart cities: place, politics and urban innovation/edited by Andrew Karvonen,
Federico Cugurullo and Federico Caprotti. Description: 1 Edition.| New York: Routledge …

In response to policy-makers' increasing claims to prioritise 'people'in smart city
development, we explore the publicness of emerging practices across six UK cities: Bristol …

The urban has become a keyword of early twenty-first-century economic, political, and
cultural discourse. But as its resonance has intensified in social science and in the public …