Politics/matter: Governing Cape Town’s informal settlements

Ash Amin and Liza Rose Cirolia
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Ash Amin: University of Cambridge, UK
Liza Rose Cirolia: University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities, South Africa

Urban Studies, 2018, vol. 55, issue 2, 274-295

Abstract: Through the lens of South Africa’s informal settlements, this paper explores the intersections between plans, practices and materiality. These three arenas are each presented as uniquely agentic, contributing to plural configurations. In doing so, this work questions a prevalent tendency to frame governance/government solely as relationships between state and non-state actors. By reintroducing the agency and power of matter and materiality, not as adjunct or background, but as a critical technology of government and/in place, this work contributes to a growing debate within the (emerging) urban socio-technical systems literature.

Keywords: Cape Town; informal settlements; material culture; poverty; socio-technical systems; urban governance; 开普敦; é žæ­£å¼ å®šå±…ç‚¹; 物质文化; è´«ç©·; 社会技术系统; åŸŽå¸‚æ²»ç † (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098017694133

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