Perry, B. orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-1869, Castán Broto, V., Patel, Z. et al. (1 more author) (2024) Alliances, allyship and activism: the value of international partnerships for co-producing just cities. Planning Theory, 23 (4). pp. 423-445. ISSN 1473-0952
Abstract
This paper provides a distinctive analysis of the value of international intermediation alliances for co-production, based on the way they operate in practice. While much attention is paid to ideal or normative models of co-production, there is less understanding of the complexities that pervade co-production practices in specific contexts or how this shapes outcomes. Despite longstanding critiques and reflection, international partnerships can reinforce unequal power dynamics embedded in already unequal global research and knowledge production circuits. However, such partnerships, despite their structural problems, can also give rise to more informal relations wherein the long-term value of international co-production inheres. We call for a re-examination of these complex sets of informal relations, beyond the structures of partnerships, that enable co-production across local and global divides. Drawing on comparative international evidence, we propose a framework for understanding and action based on the concepts of alliances, allyship and activism. These three characteristics of international co-production partnerships can constitute socio-material infrastructures that help maintain relationships of solidarity and care over time beyond the remit of individual projects. While this is relevant in any co-production context it becomes particularly important in international research projects so that they do not paradoxically reproduce colonising structures of knowledge production in the search for more just cities.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
Keywords: | co-production; intermediation; international partnerships; urban justice; alliances; allyship; activism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Research Institutes Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BRITISH ACADEMY (THE) SDP2\100190 THE SWEDISH FOUNDATION FOR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (MISTRA) UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2023 14:05 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 13:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/14730952231189548 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:201816 |