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Tracing as comparative method

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Urban scholarship is bursting with comparison. We use comparison as an explicit and implicit tool to frame our urban analysis. But how do we actually do comparison? This commentary presents a fine-tuned analysis of ‘tracing’ as both a conceptual framework and a methodological process for doing comparative urbanism. It draws on the many excellent contributions in this special issue to argue for three methodological approaches to tracing – following the trace, the people doing the tracing and the pathways of tracing – adding reflections that are not only theoretically valuable but also practically useful. In concluding, I argue that this approach of tracing highlights the endless possibilities for thoughtful and productive comparison starting from everywhere and ending up anywhere.

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  • Astrid Wood, 2022. "Tracing as comparative method," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 59(8), pages 1749-1753, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:59:y:2022:i:8:p:1749-1753
    DOI: 10.1177/00420980221086124
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    1. Jennifer Robinson & Fulong Wu & Phil Harrison & Zheng Wang & Alison Todes & Romain Dittgen & Katia Attuyer, 2022. "Beyond variegation: The territorialisation of states, communities and developers in large-scale developments in Johannesburg, Shanghai and London," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 59(8), pages 1715-1740, June.
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