Abstract

Decolonization is not merely a historical process, but also an epistemological one; Decolonizing the Plan’s format of short, empirically-grounded case studies produces a complex, multi-layered picture of how plans in colonial, postcolonial, and settler colonial contexts shape how knowledge is produced. Rather than producing a simplifying or flattening account of decolonization, this research project broadens understanding of decolonizing processes as taking place at a number of different levels simultaneously.

In this workshop, scholars contributing to our book project, Decolonizing the Plan: Keywords for Rethinking the Histories of Planning, will present both case studies and primary source material (including archival documents, artefacts, images, field notes, and excerpts from ethnographies). Empirical case studies in the history, politics and lived experience of technoscientific, cultural, and economic planning that probe, question and shift key concepts in the fields of History of Science, History of Technology, Science and Technology Studies, and Anthropology will form the center of workshop discussions as participants consider how particular case studies and primary source material can inform the development of new decolonizing methodologies for scholarship in the histories of planning.

Organizers

Sarah Blacker, MPIWG
Emily Brownell, University of Northern Colorado
Anindita Nag, MPIWG
Kavita Philip, University of California, Irvine
Martina Schlünder, University of Toronto
Sarah Van Beurden, The Ohio State University
Helen Verran, Charles Darwin University, Northern Institute

Presenters

Raúl Necochea López, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Karen McAllister, McGill University
Lauren Minsky, New York University
Aaron Moore, Arizona State University
Leon Morenas, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Nada Moumtaz, University of Toronto
Tahani Nadim, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Juno Salazar Parreñas, The Ohio State University
Ana Carolina Vimiero, Departamento de História da UFMG, Brazil
Alexandra Widmer, York University, Toronto
Alden Young, Drexel University

Workshop Schedule

Monday, June 26: 13:30–16:00
Tuesday, June 27: 9:30–18:00
Wednesday, June 28: 9:30–16:00
Thursday, June 29: 9:30–16:00
Friday, June 30: 9:30–16:00