Theory
Subaltern Urbanism
Explore in the Atlas →Roy's re-reading of the slum and the informal city as sites of knowledge production rather than mere objects of intervention, contesting developmentalist accounts of the urban Global South.
Settlement Power Migration
Details
- Introduced
- 2011
Connections
- relates to Urban Informality (the informal city)
Referenced by
- Slumdog Cities: Rethinking Subaltern Urbanism articulates
- Ananya Roy proposed
Sources
- Ananya Roy. Slumdog Cities: Rethinking Subaltern Urbanism. 2011.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Subaltern Urbanism." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/subaltern-urbanism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.