Learning the City critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning and urbanism. It argues for the centrality of learning in urban political strategies, and identifies learning as a critical opportunity to develop a progressive international urbanism. Colin McFarlane combines the result of his fieldwork conducted in Mumbai and other cities with a synthesis of the most current theoretical research on knowledge, space and materiality to show how learning should be viewed as central to the production and politics of cities. In doing so, he deploys the concept of 'urban learning assemblage' to explain the complex processes through which knowledge and learning enable and limit various forms of urbanism.<BR><BR>This groundbreaking work examines learning as a practice, explores learning is tactics and reveals how learning is intrinsic to the shape of political imaginary, strategies and contestations. It includes a critical discussion of the types of learning environments that may facilitate more socially just urbanisms, and examines the relations between learning and travelling urbanisms. Provocative, timely and rigorous, Learning the City offers invaluable insights into the role of learning in urban experience, knowledge and materiality.