书目名称 | Colonial Heritage and Urban Transformation in the Global South |
副标题 | Excavating the Ruins |
编辑 | Christian Ernsten |
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概述 | Functions as a case for understanding the role of heritage in urban transformation of cities in the global south.Deconstructs the meaning of urban renaissance processes in the context of a postcolonia |
丛书名称 | Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market |
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描述 | .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... . |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
关键词 | Colonial heritage; Urban Regeneration; Community activism; Global cities; Revenants |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85806-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-85808-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-85806-3Series ISSN 2524-7425 Series E-ISSN 2524-7433 |
issn_series | 2524-7425 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |