The infrastructural South:Techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization
| Dates: | 7 February 2024 |
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| Times: | 15:00 - 17:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | Global Development Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Jon Silver |
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GDI Lecture organised in conjunction with the Department of Geography and Manchester Urban Institute.
In this lecture, Jon Silver will discuss insights from his recent book, The Infrastructural South. The book represents a major theoretical contribution to the study of infrastructure's role in the third wave of urbanization centred on Africa. Based on over a decade of empirical research, Silver's sweeping examination probes many of contemporary urbanism's most pressing issues through the lens of the Global South. Focusing on Uganda, Ghana, and South Africa, Silver explores how access to energy, water, sanitation, transit, and information technologies shapes everyday life as they map the dynamic relations between cities, technology, and the environment.
As urban issues become a key twenty-first-century challenge for Africa, Silver offers a comprehensive reworking of our understanding of urbanization. The Infrastructural South rethinks how global scholarship approaches infrastructure, laying pathways for future research at the intersection of technology, environmental urbanism, and urban politics.
Speaker
Jon Silver
Role: Senior Research Fellow
Organisation: University of Sheffield
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