Urban studies inside/out : a guide for readers and researchers

![CDATA[The remit of this final introductory chapter is to outline the format and purpose of Urban Studies Inside/Out, with appropriate reference to the collaborative practices that were constitutive to its own making. Ultimately, it is our hope that this collection might provide a platform of sorts upon which new conservations, contributions, and collaborations might be convened. This we say while recognizing that the present collection can do no more than take some initial steps, although we hope steps in the right direction – toward a modified genre of research practice founded on the principles of constructive engagement; respectful dialogue across differences of perspective, position, and approach; and reciprocal learning facilitated by methodological transparency and reflexivity. In sympathy with the objective of finding ways for ‘cities everywhere to be drawn into wider theoretical conversations’ (Robinson, 2014: 7), this chapter sketches a framework for exploring the kinds of research practices that might productively contribute to such a goal. We do so by seeking to render transparent our own practice, as the editors and contributors of this volume, in approaching and asking questions of urban studies monographs, and in organizing the group’s collaborative efforts.]]