Gregory Bracken is Assistant Professor of Spatial Planning and Strategy at TU Delft and one of the co-founders of Footprint, the journal dedicated to architecture theory. From 2009 to 2015 he was a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Leiden where he co-founded the Urban Knowledge Network Asia (UKNA). His publications include The Shanghai Alleyway House: A Vanishing Urban Vernacular (2013), Asian Cities: Colonial to Global (2015), Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West (2020), and Ancient and Modern Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West (2019).

• Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 The Western World as Utopia? Thames Town, Songjiang and New Chinese Residential Habits, 2 How Does Space Have Meaning?, A Multifocal Approach to Korean Jimjilbang (???), 3 Transforming the Self in Contemporary Korean Ki Sury?n (???) Water, Wood, and Stone in Two GiCheon (??) DVDs, 4 The Relationship between Architecture and Ritual in the Hindu Crematorium, 5 New Bodies in Cities Contested Technologies of the Self in Urban India, 6 Family, Everyday Life, and the Making-up of Society:A Case Study in Yokohama’s Chinatown, 7 Mental Health Scenario of Asian Americans: Social and Environmental Determinants of their Well-being and Service Utilization, 8 ‘Care of the Self’ and Discipline in Smart Cities: Sensors in Singapore, List of Figures and Tables

|''[...]through all chapters Bracken presents the significance of apeople-centred approach in dealing with the role of human agency in everchanging cities, where citizenship is constantly reconfigured beyond our conventional understanding of it. This book has various tints and shades, which provide the reader an opportunity to engage in both philosophical thinking and emotional connection in regards to human agency and how people struggle to care for themselves in the city.''- Woojong Moon, Pacific Affairs Volume September 2023, V.96, no.3,