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Insurgent Planning: Situating Radical Planning in the Global South

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, faranak{at}uiuc.edu

This article revisits the notion of radical planning from the standpoint of the global South. Emerging struggles for citizenship in the global South, seasoned by the complexities of state—citizen relations within colonial and post-colonial regimes, offer an historicized view indispensable to counter-hegemonic planning practices. The article articulates the notion of insurgent planning as radical planning practices that respond to neoliberal specifics of dominance through inclusion — that is, inclusive governance. It characterizes the guiding principles for insurgent planning practices as counter-hegemonic, transgressive and imaginative. The article contributes to two current conversations within planning scholarship: on the implication of grassroots insurgent citizenship for planning, and on (de)colonization of planning theory.

Key Words: Anti-Eviction Campaign • Cape Town • grassroots citizenship practices • housing movements and struggle • insurgent planning • post-colonial critique

Planning Theory, Vol. 8, No. 1, 32-50 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1473095208099297


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