Decolonisation: Why is it important to transport poverty?
| Dates: | 15 May 2024 |
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| Times: | 14:30 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester Urban Institute |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Karen Lucas, Astrid Wood, Samuel G. Odewumi, Lela Rekhviashvili |
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This is the first session in the International Network for Transport and Accessibility in Low Income Communities seminar series 2024 in collaboration with Manchester Urban Institute and Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford.
This first session will introduce different ways in which working towards a decolonial approach to transport research may inform transport planning in the global south. Many attempts to work towards decolonial transport research have been undertaken by scholars based in the global north. They rest on the argument that use of Euro-American approaches to transport planning is problematic in southern contexts because these approaches render many local knowledges invisible and frequently misunderstand the nature and evolution of transport systems and behaviour across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Their aim is to inspire a shift towards more contextually appropriate and socially inclusive mobility regimes, which requires a move away from Euro-American knowledge about transport systems and the radical redefinition of what constitutes sustainable transport for low and middle-income countries. In this session we aim to explore the potential of this emerging research agenda for addressing current and newly emerging transport inequalities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
To register for this session, or others in the series, please visit https://intalinc.org/events/
Speakers
Karen Lucas
Role: Chair
Organisation: INTALInC, University of Manchester
Astrid Wood
Role: Speaker
Organisation: Newcastle Universitiy
Samuel G. Odewumi
Role: Speaker
Organisation: Lagos State University
Lela Rekhviashvili
Role: Speaker
Organisation: Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography
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