Subaltern Geographies

Tariq Jazeel, Professor of Human Geography, University College London,Stephen Legg, University of Nottingham, Professor, School of Geography

Tariq Jazeel's research, situated at the crossroads of postcolonial theory, critical geography, and South Asian studies, explores spatial politics in architecture, literature, music, and art, in regions like Sri Lanka, South India, and the British Asian diaspora. As co-Director of UCL's Sarah Parker Remond Centre and founding co-Director of UCL's Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World, he plays a key role in advancing research on racism, racialization, and South Asian studies.

Stephen Legg's research focuses on the intersections of colonialism and anticolonialism across various scales, utilizing postcolonial theory, subaltern studies, and governmentality analytics from his previous work. As Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Historical Geography and the 2024 Chair of the Royal Geographical Society's international conference, he has contributed significantly to the field.

Acknowledgments1. Subaltern Studies, Space, and the Geographical Imagination, Tariq Jazeel and Stephen Legg2. Subaltern Streets: India, 1870–1947, David Arnold3. Before Subaltern Studies: The Epistemology of Property, Mukul Kumar and Ananya Roy4. Practicing Subalternity? Nyerere’s Tanzania, the Dar School, and Postcolonial Geopolitical Imaginations, Jo Sharp5. Reading Subaltern Studies Politically: Histories from Below, Spatial Relations, and Subalternity, David Featherstone6. Pachamama, Subaltern Geographies, and Decolonial Projects in Andean Ecuador, Sarah A. Radcliff7. Time, Space, and the Subaltern: The Matter of Labor in Delhi’s Grey Economy, Vinay Gidwani and Sunil Kumar8. Subaltern Geographies in the Plurinational State of Bolivia: The tipnis Conflict, Anna F. Liang9. Subaltern Sea? Indian Ocean Errantry against Subalternization, Sharad Chari10. Urban Fragments: A Subaltern Studies Imagination, Colin McfarlaneContributorsIndex