Abstract
AbstractFiguring is posited as always accompaniment; something that does not discernibly alter the visual and sensual dimensions of an entity, that remains apparently aloof from its configuration, but which nevertheless prompts a reorientation of engagement; which at least raises a degree of uncertainty about what it is we are confronting in an appearance that otherwise has all the hallmarks of an integrity and coherence. Mobilizing various strands of critical Black thought, the focus here is on the urban, and how there is always something only partially used, something that remains just out of reach, or is deemed irrelevant that accompanies all that is standard operating procedure, all that are demarcated and zoned spatial arrangements. Accompaniment is a submergent infrastructure that suggests something else than what is recognized.
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
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