This podcast series explores the spaces that lie beyond the city’s map — fields of intensive agriculture, mountain valleys reshaped by hydroelectric infrastructures, and alpine villages transformed by mass tourism and mega-events. These are territories indispensable yet often rendered expendable, peripheral only in appearance. Through three episodes, we narrate the processes that reproduce the “non-city,” tracing stories of extraction, circulation, and resistance. By combining research insights with personal perspectives, Urbinary seeks new narratives to understand how the urban depends on — and transforms — what it excludes.

This podcast series emerges from the pressing need of a group of early-career researchers to carve out a space within the academic world. It stems from our desire to find our voice and share our unique perspective on urban studies. This cycle reflects our journey to position ourselves within the vast and complex field of urban studies, while bringing fresh perspectives and opening up new discussions. Each episode of this cycle explores one of four distinct themes, all aimed at questioning and challenging the rigidity of the discipline. Through these conversations, we seek to redefine boundaries, broaden the dialogue, and ultimately find our place in the evolving landscape of urban studies.