{"title":"Maan Barua","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaan Barua\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of urban landscapes and their vibrant dynamics through a thoughtful educational lens. Readers can expect insightful text that delves into the complexities of growing cities, blending academic rigour with accessible prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for those interested in \u003cem\u003eeducation and reference\u003c\/em\u003e, these works provide a rich understanding of contemporary urban development and social change, inviting reflection on the lived experiences within lively metropolitan environments.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lively-cities-by-maan-barua-9781517912567","title":"Lively Cities","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA journey through unexplored spaces that foreground new ways of inhabiting the urban\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the fundamental dimensions of urbanisation is its radical transformation of nature. Today domestic animals make up more than twice the biomass of people on the planet, and cities are replete with nonhuman life. Yet current accounts of the urban remain resolutely anthropocentric. \u003cem\u003eLively Cities\u003c\/em\u003e departs from conventions of urban studies to argue that cities are lived achievements forged by a multitude of entities, drawing attention to a suite of beings—human and nonhuman—that make up the material politics of city making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom macaques and cattle in Delhi to the invasive parakeet colonies in London, Maan Barua examines the rhythms, paths, and agency of nonhumans across the city. He reconceptualises several key themes in urban thought, including infrastructure, the built environment, design, habitation, and everyday practices of dwelling, and provides a critical intervention in animal and urban studies. Generating fresh conversations between posthumanism, postcolonialism, and political economy, Barua reveals how human and nonhuman actors shape, integrate, subsume, and relate to urban space in fascinating ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough novel combinations of ethnography and ethology, and focusing on interlocutors that are not the usual suspects animating urban theory, Barua's work considers nonhuman lifeworlds and the differences they make in understanding urbanicity. \u003cem\u003eLively Cities\u003c\/em\u003e is an agenda-setting intervention, ultimately proposing a new grammar of urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463444185324,"sku":"9781517912567","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517912567-lively-cities.jpg?v=1775033326"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/maan-barua.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}