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Claims on the City: Situated Narratives of the Urban captures a snapshot of the events, protests, and movements that disrupt a city’s existing rhythms across cultures and nationalities and compels us to rethink our understanding of the urban. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the editors and contributors detail on-the-ground events and transformations of different cities embattled in social movements, and capture solidarities of people against the mechanisms of state and global capitalism through situated narratives and microhistories of resistance. Claims on the City approaches the understanding of cities from methods grounded in humanities, focusing on the humane, subjective, emotive aspects of the cities. The contributors bring together perspectives from the disciplinary locations of performance studies, film studies, architecture, cultural studies, heritage studies, history, and religious studies; an unusual selection in studying the urban.

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Claims on the City: Situated Narratives of the Urban is a deep dive into the fascinating intricacies of urban life, packed with eye-opening perspectives on placemaking, social justice, and the rich tapestries of cities. From Hong Kong to Hyderabad, Tokyo to Mumbai, this sweeping array of engaging contributions is a compelling and astute reading of the city. --Assa Doron, Australian National University

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C. Yamini Krishna is professor at FLAME University, India. Amy Phua Mei Yen is a doctoral candidate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Nisha Mathew is professor of social theory at the School of Law, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.

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