Teaching the cultural politics and economy of global cities in the periphery

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Urban geography pedagogy involves the study of globalization and urbanization by comprehending cultural flows, practices, and processes involved in global cities. Mumbai, Hong Kong, Lagos, Shanghai, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro are the peripheral cities that are regionally and internationally important with respect to the cultural processes and practices that occur in them.

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Urban geography with scale: rethinking scale via Wal-Mart's "geography of big things"

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An urban-geographic reading of scale is presented using the urban/global spatiality of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail operation. Its 'geography of big things' enables the understanding of spatiality as a flow of outsized spaces and global commodity chains.

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Coming of age: urban geography in the 1980s

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The transformation in theory, method and social theory of the urban geography was during the 1980s. The social theoretical influence that influence the graduate students and work on social and cultural issues are discussed.

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