Infrastructures of freedom : public light and everynight life for the urban poor

Infrastructures of freedom public light and everynight life for the urban poor

Infrastructures of Freedom sheds light on the impact of inadequate public lighting in self-built communities in Cape Town. In democratic South Africa, where infrastructure provision still reflects deeply embedded notions of citizenship, informal neighborhoods with minimal infrastructure provision fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Briers, Stephen, 1965- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : JOVIS Verlag GmbH 2022.
Subjects:
City planning > Economic aspects > South Africa.
Cities and towns > South Africa.
Apartheid.
Cape Town.
Khayelitsha.
South Africa.
action research.
bottom-up.
citizenship.
darkness.
light infrastructure.
post-Apartheid urban planning.
public light.
southern urbanism.
township.
urban segregation.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762736406719
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Summary:Infrastructures of Freedom sheds light on the impact of inadequate public lighting in self-built communities in Cape Town. In democratic South Africa, where infrastructure provision still reflects deeply embedded notions of citizenship, informal neighborhoods with minimal infrastructure provision face challenges beyond access to basic services and opportunities. Fear, the feeling of being forgotten, and living in undignified conditions are among the powerful experiences darkness brings about in these neighborhoods. The book not only reveals these experiences of everynight life, but takes a step further: it considers how the co-production of a solar public lighting project within a community improved everynight life and suggests ways for infrastructure to more successfully articulate citizenship.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
Issued also in print
ISBN:9783868597806

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