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In jointly bringing the modelling of "The European City" and Chakrabarty's Provincializing Europe into conversation we identify a tension between voices and sensibilities emerging at the dawn of the new millennium that address Europe and its social formations in opposed and perhaps irreconcilable terms, such as Eurocentrism vs. Postcolonialism, and historicism vs. Subaltern Studies. We consider the investigation of this tension and ambivalence of fundamental relevance for the understanding of contemporary European urbanities in a globalized world while aiming for decolonization and justice.

The conference Provincializing European Cities sits at this junction, critically focuses on the tension which is generated there, and addresses its implications for social and urban theories in the 21st century. We propose a critical move toward studying and theorizing European cities, including their socially constructed temporalities and spatialities, beyond Eurocentrism. This approach implies a critical look at emphases and silences in the varied analyses of urban Europe, in both their historical accounts and present-day observations.

For further information about the conference, speakers and location follow this link.

Registration until March 16th 2020 via email to: Zentrum für Integrationsstudien

For any further information please contact: Noa K. Ha, and Giovanni Picker