Knowledge for just urban sustainability

May, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-8229 and Perry, Beth 2016. Knowledge for just urban sustainability. The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 22 , pp. 23-35. 10.1080/13549839.2016.1233527

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Abstract

The article examines the conditions required for producing knowledge for just urban sustainability. It highlights a need to review the current social organisation of knowledge within cities and the implications for academic practice – in other words, whose interests are being served? Whose knowledge claims are being supported and justified? The article considers how the knowledge practices of cities and universities often exacerbate urban problems that are perpetuated by a limited imaginary and selectivity. It is argued that a gap exists between the content of knowledge and the context of its application. What is required are new ways of practising collaborative research that do not compromise critique, but open it up to engagement with forms of knowledge that are currently excluded from the representations and categorisations that constitute dominant practices. By bringing the “what” and “how” of knowledge together in a process of active intermediation, it is possible to contribute to more just, sustainable urban futures for the many, not the few.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
ISSN:	14696711 13549839
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 January 2023
Date of Acceptance:	2 September 2016
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 07:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/156041

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