Urban imaginations, imageries and conceptualizations are always plural and illustrate the formation of knowledge hegemonies. In this article, we engage with the problematic of reading infrastructures with a southern theory lens. We explore multiple imaginations, imageries and conceptualizations of the Kirulapana Canal in Colombo via everyday practices. Analysing the geographical imaginations of the state officials and residents, we illustrate (i) how varied imageries draws from the same hegemonic register, and (ii) how this process reinforces and correspondingly in-turn constructs hegemonic imageries. Using these illustrations, this article will broaden the southern theory discussions via analysing the everyday formation of the metropolis (concentration of knowledge and power) and knowledge hegemony.

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科伦坡有多少条基鲁帕纳运河？使用南方理论解读日常意象和想象

城市想象、意象和概念总是多元的，说明了知识霸权的形成。在本文中，我们用南方理论的视角来探讨阅读基础设施的问题。我们通过日常实践探索科伦坡基鲁帕纳运河的多种想象、意象和概念。通过分析国家官员和居民的地理想象力，我们说明了（i）不同的图像如何从相同的霸权寄存器中提取出来，以及（ii）这一过程如何强化并相应地反过来构建了霸权图像。本文将利用这些例证，通过分析都市的日常形成（知识和权力的集中）和知识霸权来拓宽南方理论的讨论。