Watch the first edition of City Talks below! Political Economy Project member Timothy Mitchell discusses his latest work on urban political economy and his term capitalization with Political Economy Project member Omar Jabary Salamanca and Nasser Abourahme. Visit Jadaliyya for more information.
City Talks: Timothy Mitchell on the Materialities of Political Economy and Colonial History
Theme and Time Markers:
00:00:07 | Representation, colonialism and the city
00:01:54 | Political economy, capitalization and the city
00:14:35 | Capitalization vs. renterism or rent economies
00:21:14 | Provincializing materiality
00:26:09 | The “material turn” and colonialism
00:32:47 | Methodological encounters with the archive
00:39:43 | Reading the archive in non-representational ways
00:43:15 | Arab Uprisings and public space
00:50:26 | Urban (and rural) informality
Theme and Time Markers:
00:00:07 | Representation, colonialism and the city
00:01:54 | Political economy, capitalization and the city
00:14:35 | Capitalization vs. renterism or rent economies
00:21:14 | Provincializing materiality
00:26:09 | The “material turn” and colonialism
00:32:47 | Methodological encounters with the archive
00:39:43 | Reading the archive in non-representational ways
00:43:15 | Arab Uprisings and public space
00:50:26 | Urban (and rural) informality
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