Cover Image

Infrastructures of Freedom Public Light and Everynight Life on a Southern City's Margins

Show other versions (1)

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Briers, Stephanie (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2023
Subjects:
Architecture: professional practice
Regional & area planning
post-Apartheid urban planning
public light
darkness
Cape Town
South Africa
Khayelitsha light infrastructure
citizenship
urban segregation
township action research
bottom-up
Apartheid
southern urbanism
Online Access:OAPEN Library: download the publication
OAPEN Library: description of the publication
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
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 electronic resource (272 p.)
ISBN:9783868597806
9783868597769
Access:Open Access

Similar Items