{"title":"AbdouMaliq Simone","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbdouMaliq Simone's work explores the complexities of urban life and social dynamics, offering insightful perspectives on cities and communities. His books, such as \u003cem\u003eImprovised Lives\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUrban Lifelines\u003c\/em\u003e, engage with themes of politics, culture, and everyday resilience in contemporary settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in interdisciplinary thought, Simone's writing appeals to readers interested in \u003cstrong\u003epolitics and current affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e as well as \u003cstrong\u003eeducation and social theory\u003c\/strong\u003e. His thoughtful analyses illuminate the evolving nature of urban experiences across diverse contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"improvised-lives-by-abdoumaliq-simone-9781509523368","title":"Improvised Lives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit. But what if we thought of popular districts in more expansive ways that capture what really goes on within them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn such cities, popular districts are the settings of more uncertain operations that take place under the cover of darkness, generating uncanny alliances among disparate bodies, materials, and things, and expanding the urban sensorium and its capacities for liveliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this important new book, \u003cem\u003eImprovised Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, AbdouMaliq Simone explores the nature of these alliances, portraying urban districts as sites of enduring transformations through rhythms that mediate between the needs of residents not to draw too much attention to themselves and their aspirations to become a small niche of exception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere we discover an urban South that exists as dense rhythms of endurance that turn out to be vital for survival, connectivity, and becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596656754924,"sku":"9781509523368","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/562be2102cc5d7575d40fdf2448f8312.jpg?v=1777940369"},{"product_id":"urban-lifelines-by-ash-amin-9781509575688","title":"Urban Lifelines","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Lifelines\u003c\/i\u003e explores the vulnerabilities that cities face in the wake of the climate crisis, health emergencies, uncontrolled artificial intelligence, escalating warfare, growing authoritarianism, and capitalist profligacy. These threats are particularly acute for unprotected urban populations who encounter a precarious future, as powerful elites attempt to leverage urban assets for their advantage amidst uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the majority of city dwellers, the future seems bleak—a foreclosure on hope, characterised by dispossession and impoverishment. Yet, amidst these challenges, what pathways remain for cities to prevent such a dire outcome for those living in modest neighbourhoods?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book delves into the popular practices and knowledges within urban communities, uncovering elements with potential for reparative and curative impacts. In these communities, the engagement with time and adversity involves horizontal relations, place affinities, and restive knowledge—essentially making something out of nothing. These intricate ecologies of urban inhabitation, with their wiles and improvisations, offer a fertile ground for future-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Lifelines\u003c\/i\u003e provides a conceptual framework to capture this threatened yet resilient urbanism, showcasing its manifestation on the streets of Kinshasa, Lagos, Mexico City, and Naples. It outlines an infrastructural and aesthetic politics that highlight its potential, enabling an alternative future to emerge despite urban foreclosure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48038626132204,"sku":"9781509575688","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509575688-urban-lifelines.jpg?v=1785394208"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/abdoumaliq-simone.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}