Relational Engagements and Embodiments: Exploring Pluriversalities of Community-Based Scholarship in Planning

Planning has a long history of community-based scholarship, mainly drawing from the Global North, but emerging work from southern and southeastern contexts advocates for new paradigms in both theory and practice. Drawing from interviews and discussions with early, mid-career, and senior scholars, this article builds on our concept of ‘pluriversal planning scholarship,’ highlighting the importance of relationships and embodied practices with participants as key methodological approaches. They also consistently negotiate the university’s duality as advancing coloniality while providing opportunities to think and do otherwise. Finally, the article addresses the challenges faced by scholars in academia as they pursue this work.