User talk:ClareParlett/sandbox/Approaches to Knowledge/Seminar Group 10/Imperialism

I am thinking if we could discuss both the "stereotypical" imperialism during periods of colonialism and its impact until today, and a modern version of imperialism that seeks to spread certain modes of urban planning to other regions. For instance, the UN-Habitat is essentially still trying to spread what they think is beneficial and helpful -- such as sustainable housing -- on what they would identify as underdeveloped regions. Even though the UN does have more reliable evidence that can prove why these regions are truly facing housing crisis, using only ONE concept like "sustainable housing" might not be flexible enough to alleviate/solve specific problems in each single area. We could find more similarities between imperialistic urban planning during colonial periods and the emphasis on sustainable housing today and make this argument work. Moreover, this webpage (https://unhabitat.org/urban-themes/housing-slum-upgrading/) is an example of their guiding principles and methods they are adopting in order to address the housing issues. Yx2018 (discuss • contribs) 23:58, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

For the Wikibook chapter: Talked to Sara Wise (lecturer on Complexity and member of UCL CASA department) she says she would be happy to either give an interview herself or find another member of her department who is willing to discuss imperialism in the designing of cities and architecture. Will send an email in the coming week.

Possible source of inspiration from Wellcome centre exhibition "Living with Buildings". Possibly useful to use as starting points and as a source when talking about the origins of western architectural ideas which have been exported across the world.

Also possible to gather ideas from the talk, "Cities and Colonialism" December 3rd, Royal Academy of Arts. Possibly a tad late.

2 other routes to go down may be a) to look at economic development in general and how the economics of housing and properties defines the formation of cities. b) look at case studies of cities with a "new" city and an "old"city, such as New Dehli, Guangzhou, for a direct comparison.

BrokenBOwl (discuss • contribs) 13:37, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Another possible way to look at this issue would be discussing both cities that passively accept some other urban planning methods, and cities that actively search to transform itself by studying/copying European urban planning patterns. Tokyo and the Meiji government could be a potential example for the second case. Yx2018 (discuss • contribs) 16:41, 13 November 2018 (UTC)