Colonial Heritage and Urban Transformation in the Global South
Excavating the Ruins of Cape Town's Rebirth
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book traces and analyses the role of heritage in the urban transformation of the city of Cape Town. By looking at discourses of heritage and urban design, the book shows how Cape Town positions itself as an emerging global city in the context of a...
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This book traces and analyses the role of heritage in the urban transformation of the city of Cape Town. By looking at discourses of heritage and urban design, the book shows how Cape Town positions itself as an emerging global city in the context of a series of global events. The book points at how a heritage focus on the themes of post-colonial and post-apartheid reconciliation, restitution and memory in the city shifts to a focus on creativity, design and the arts. Thereby showing how traumatic remnants of colonialism and apartheid are reframed as "design challenges". Furthermore, it argues that the idea of a transformed society is projected into a future time and the chaotic present everyday life is left to its own devices. Against this backdrop, the book lays out the opportunities for epistemological reset and decolonial reflection on the city's deep histories, its embedded injustices and traumas that surfaced. Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Colonial Heritage and Urban Transformation in the Global South “
1. Introduction.- 2. Walking Back Urban History.- 3. Engineering an Urban Renaissance.- 4. Resurfacing Colonial Dead.- 5. Contesting Apartheit Ruins.- 6. Scripting Utopias and Dystopias.- 7. Reimagining Urban Truth.- 8. Conclusions.
Autoren-Porträt von Christian Ernsten
Christian Ernsten is assistant professor of heritage studies at Maastricht University's Department of History. He is affiliated with the Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH). Christian holds a PhD in African studies from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and has completed visiting research fellowships at the Conservation Department of the University of Gothenburg and at Aarhus University's Centre for Uses of the Past.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Christian Ernsten
- 2022, 1st ed. 2021, XIX, 175 Seiten, 37 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030858081
- ISBN-13: 9783030858087
Sprache:
Englisch
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