Political Infrastructures: Governing and Experiencing the Fabric of the City

Item Type Journal Article Author Colin McFARLANE Author Jonathan Rutherford URL http://proxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=32549800&site=ehost-live Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 363-374 Publication International Journal of Urban & Regional Research ISSN 03091317 Date 2008-06 Extra Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell DOI 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00792.x Accessed 2024-08-19 04:02:54 Library Catalog EBSCOhost Abstract There has been a profusion of work in recent years exploring the links between infrastructure and the city. This has entailed a conceptualization of cities and infrastructure that recognizes their mutual constitution and the inherently political nature of networked urban infrastructure. In introducing this symposium, we find that a comparative approach to infrastructure can reveal a diversity of ways in which the urban fabric is produced, managed and distributed, and comes to matter in everyday life. We argue for a more globally informed conceptualization of the politics of infrastructure by exploring three key themes in the symposium: fragmentation, inequality and crisis. (English) Short Title Political Infrastructures