A sub-discipline of geography which awaits a consensus on its definition; some definitions and observations follow: ‘The geographically dispersed contestation of colonial power and knowledge’ (A. Blunt and C. McEwan, eds 2000). ‘Much of what passes for postcolonial theory in British geography reinforces new forms of colonial epistemologies and colonial hierarchies, while destabilizing their older forms’ (Gilmartin and Berg (2007) Area 39, 1). ‘Post-colonialism studies might best be regarded now as a term for a body of diverse and often contesting formulations of the cultural production of colonized people rather than as a discipline or methodology per se’ (B. Ashcroft et al. 2002). ‘Post-colonialism has two key meanings: temporal—the period after colonialism; and critical—the study of colonialism and its aftermath’ (Gilmartin (2009) in C. Gallaher et al.). J. P. Sharp (2008) provides an excellent introduction for students of colonialism and post-colonialism. Post-colonial urban theory is the study of the conditions of post-imperial places, particularly the examination of colonial inscriptions on cities and the reinscriptions that follow decolonization. See Short (2012) AAAG 102, 1, 129.