About the Author

Stephen Cairns

Stephen Cairns is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh, where he teaches architectural design and theory. He has published essays on representation, aesthetics and postcolonial criticism in journals such as Postcolonial Studies, The Journal of Architecture, and Urban Studies. He edited Drifting: Architecture and Migrancy (Routledge 2004), and is currently working on an AHRC-funded project entitled 'Cultures of Legibility', which explores the aesthetics and politics of mega-city urbanism in Southeast Asia.

Email: s.cairns@ed.ac.uk