Turning urban studies inside/out

Process and practice have been watchwords for this book, as they were for the collaborative seminar that proceeded it. Along with our collaborators, we have been concerned to excavate and explicate generative modes and models of practice, in both creative research and constructive critique. The monographs that were the focus for Part II of the collection were each encountered, as we indicated in Chapter 3, not simply s 'finished' contributions but more as windows onto different forms of research practice. Specifically, they were each rea for methodology and reverse-engineered as a means to uncover the underlying conditions and constitutive practices involved in their production; to find and position both the author and her research practices in the text; and to derive lessons and insights from this process in a manner attuned to the interests and concerns of researchers entering the field. Furthermore, in tracing the path from a collaborative seminar for graduate students to a published collection of essays, reflections, and keyword entries, we have sought in a parallel fashion to be transparent and reflexive about our own (shared) processes and practices.