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oapen-20.500.12657-382412022-04-26T11:15:33Z The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa Barker-Ciganikova, Martina Rüther, Kirsten Waldburger, Daniela Bodenstein, Carl-Philipp housing Africa urban planning development policies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSG Urban communities bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography::RGCP Political geography bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology Housing matters, no matter when or where. This volume of collected essays on housing in colonial and postcolonial Africa seeks to elaborate how and why housing is much more than an everyday practice. The politics of housing unfold in disparate dimensions of time, space and agency. Depending on context, they acquire diverse, often ambivalent, meanings. Housing can be a promise, an unfulfilled dream, a tool of self- and class-assertion, a negotiation process, or a means to achieve other ends. This volume analyzes housing in its multifacetedness, be it a lens to offer insights into complex processes that shape societies; be it a tool of empire to exercise control over private relations of inhabitants; or be it a means to create good, obedient and productive citizens. Contributions to this volume range from the field of history, to architecture and urban planning, African studies, linguistics, and literature. The individual case studies home in on specific aspects and dimensions of housing and seek to bring them into dialogue with each other. By doing so, the volume aims to add to the debate on studying urban practices and their significance for current social change. 2020-05-19T12:45:32Z 2020-05-19T12:45:32Z 2020 book 9783110601183 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/38241 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Politics_of_Housing_9783110598278_WEB.pdf https://www.africanminds.co.za/politics-of-housing-in-postcolonial-africa/ African Minds 10.1515/9783110601183 10.1515/9783110601183 69707d01-8e78-4a41-abff-fccf8fb5f4a5 0bdd30b8-28cc-4e2d-bd69-6cabb77b36d4 9783110601183 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) ScholarLed 236 Cape Town P29566-G28 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) open access
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Housing matters, no matter when or where. This volume of collected essays on housing in colonial and postcolonial Africa seeks to elaborate how and why housing is much more than an everyday practice. The politics of housing unfold in disparate dimensions of time, space and agency. Depending on context, they acquire diverse, often ambivalent, meanings. Housing can be a promise, an unfulfilled dream, a tool of self- and class-assertion, a negotiation process, or a means to achieve other ends. This volume analyzes housing in its multifacetedness, be it a lens to offer insights into complex processes that shape societies; be it a tool of empire to exercise control over private relations of inhabitants; or be it a means to create good, obedient and productive citizens. Contributions to this volume range from the field of history, to architecture and urban planning, African studies, linguistics, and literature. The individual case studies home in on specific aspects and dimensions of housing and seek to bring them into dialogue with each other. By doing so, the volume aims to add to the debate on studying urban practices and their significance for current social change.
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