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Gihan Karunaratne - Film and Urbanism, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Film and Urbanism

Av Gihan Karunaratne

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Film and Urbanism contributes to interdisciplinary scholarship by investigating the complex and multidimensional relationship between the city and film as a practice. Moving beyond the idea of a recording and representation method alone, film is approached here as a critical spatial practice that contains elements of design, with a capacity to reveal, interrogate and interact with the shifting social and political dimensions of urban life.By engaging with current debates on global urbanisation, the volume investigates how film traverses and reconfigures urban terrains across infrastructures, peripheries and informal everyday spaces that go beyond conventional urban frameworks. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from architecture, urban studies, film theory, anthropology, visual culture and social sciences, it assembles a diverse range of examples and practices across multiple geographies. The chapters address themes including socio-spatial inequality, political tension, and the sensory conditions that shape urban environments. Film and filmmaking operate as an experimental practice, foregrounding a methodological shift that looks beyond cinematic representation. In this context, the material and infrastructural entanglements between film and the city, including labour, technology and production networks, are observed as integral to the formation of urban space.Positioning film as both a mode of inquiry and a tool for analysis of the spatio-temporal dynamics of urban life, Film and Urbanism bridges theory with practice and experimentation and offers a collection of expanded conceptual and methodological insights for scholars, architects, planners and filmmakers who seek to engage with the complexities of the contemporary city.
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Gihan Karunaratne is an architect and academic whose work critically engages with current questions in architecture, urbanism and spatial practice. Informed by extensive experience in both teaching and professional practice, his approach operates at the intersection of design inquiry, urban theory and socio-spatial research. His academic trajectory reflects a sustained commitment to examining the dynamic, evolving nature of urban environments, particularly in contexts shaped by ongoing physical, economic and social transformation. Karunaratne’s research interrogates the complex processes through which urban change unfolds, and the ways these transformations intersect with the everyday lived experiences of marginalised communities. His work foregrounds often overlooked dimensions of urban life, the ‘underbelly’ of cities, by drawing critical attention to informal settlements and conditions of precarity. Through this lens, he engages with questions of resilience, spatial justice and the adaptive practices that emerge in uncertain, rapidly shifting urban contexts. A significant dimension of his research focuses on cities in the Global South, where rapid urbanisation, socio-economic inequality and displacement generate distinctive spatial conditions. Within this framework, informal urbanism is understood not as a deficit, but as a complex terrain of social and spatial negotiation. His publications contribute to interdisciplinary debates on urban transformation, informality and spatial justice, advancing critical perspectives on architecture, resilience and the politics of urban space.

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