Contemporary Studies on Asian Cities
This review article explores recent urban studies in Asia in order to explore differences, similarities and convergences between urban and area studies. The review of three recent publications of urban studies in Asia is motivated by the transnational and transcultural make-up of many contemporary...
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Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
2020-03-01
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This review article explores recent urban studies in Asia in order to explore differences, similarities and convergences between urban and area studies. The review of three recent publications of urban studies in Asia is motivated by the transnational and transcultural make-up of many contemporary Asian cities and their growing interconnectivity. These phenomena result in a rescaling of urban economies and networks, and this is also reflected in urban ambitions and planning. After a brief presentation of the three publications under review, I discuss three questions: Why do urban studies matter for area studies? How are social relations articulated in urban spaces? What is the city doing to people and what are people doing to the city? The discussion of these questions notes that the relation between city, nation state, neighbouring states and the rest of the world has become more complex and harder to predict. Careful consideration of the cases under study reveals processes of a recalibration of relations, calling for the attention of area studies. Urban centres constitute a rewarding field of studies as they require a new focus on new details, experiences and developments.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3be9c111ed1246aa92d6b3e0f6895e8a2022-12-22T04:27:05ZengArnold Bergstraesser InstituteInternational Quarterly for Asian Studies2566-686X2566-68782020-03-01503-410.11588/iqas.2019.3-4.10709Contemporary Studies on Asian CitiesPatrick Heinrich This review article explores recent urban studies in Asia in order to explore differences, similarities and convergences between urban and area studies. The review of three recent publications of urban studies in Asia is motivated by the transnational and transcultural make-up of many contemporary Asian cities and their growing interconnectivity. These phenomena result in a rescaling of urban economies and networks, and this is also reflected in urban ambitions and planning. After a brief presentation of the three publications under review, I discuss three questions: Why do urban studies matter for area studies? How are social relations articulated in urban spaces? What is the city doing to people and what are people doing to the city? The discussion of these questions notes that the relation between city, nation state, neighbouring states and the rest of the world has become more complex and harder to predict. Careful consideration of the cases under study reveals processes of a recalibration of relations, calling for the attention of area studies. Urban centres constitute a rewarding field of studies as they require a new focus on new details, experiences and developments. https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/iqas/article/view/10709Asian Studiesurban studiesurbanisationtransnationalismarea studies |
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| title | Contemporary Studies on Asian Cities |
| title_full | Contemporary Studies on Asian Cities |
| title_fullStr | Contemporary Studies on Asian Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contemporary Studies on Asian Cities |
| title_short | Contemporary Studies on Asian Cities |
| title_sort | contemporary studies on asian cities |
| topic | Asian Studies urban studies urbanisation transnationalism area studies |
| url | https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/iqas/article/view/10709 |
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