Corporeality and materiality of the urban

What is it about?

This article asks about the work of the living body involved in navigating urban life, and about what notions of ‘city’ emerge from such corporeal-material engagement with the urban world.

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Why is it important?

In much of urban theorization, space and practice remain immaterial and actors remain without living bodies. To help fill this void, in this paper I explore the movement of bodies in urbanising landscapes. In particular, I look at the bodily practice that unfolds at a ‘bus stop made by stopping buses’ in peri-urban Mexico City.