Jane M. Jacobs

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Jane Margaret Jacobs (born 2 May 1958) is an Australian academic, currently serving as Professor of Social Sciences at Yale-NUS College and formerly as Professor of Cultural Geography, in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. She was previously at the University of Melbourne. Jacobs' work has focused on Postcolonialism; indigenous rights and identity; race and racism; cultural politics of urban space; high-rise housing and modernity; and the politics of cultural heritage. Jacobs has published several books, a large number of book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed international scholarly journals. In 2016, she was elected a fellow of the British Academy.[1]

Selected publications

Books

Edited Books

References

  1. British Academy announces new President and elects 66 new Fellows

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