Repository logo
 

Politics/matter: Governing Cape Town’s informal settlements

Accepted version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Article

Change log

Authors

Amin, A 
Cirolia, LR 

Abstract

jats:pThrough 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.</jats:p>

Description

Keywords

Cape Town, informal settlements, material culture, poverty, socio-technical systems, urban governance

Journal Title

Urban Studies

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

0042-0980
1360-063X

Volume Title

Publisher

SAGE Publications