Autor(en): | Beier, Raffael |
Titel: | Ordinary neighbourhoods |
Sprache (ISO): | en |
Zusammenfassung: | Emphasising implicit assumptions behind our ways of seeing ‘slums’, this essay calls for a radical understanding of ‘ordinary neighbourhoods’. Borrowing from Robinson’s ‘ordinary cities’ concept, it conceptualises ‘ordinariness’ as a way of rejecting the ‘absolute otherness’ of slums, stressing heterogeneity within and between neighbourhoods as well as the significance of comparative empirical research. Beyond the need for alternative, less stigmatised terms, the article urges for a new territorial ethics, a radical deconstruction and de-mystification of the ‘slum’. Such conceptualisation should make aware of the term ‘slum’ as a non-physical, spatially detached social construct that discredits marginalised people and diverts attention away from precarious living conditions and possible ways of improving them. |
Schlagwörter: | Slums Decolonisation Stigmatisation Informal settlements Urban development Post-colonialism Incremental housing Development agendas Morocco |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/41314 http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-23157 |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022-05-30 |
Rechte (Link): | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
Enthalten in den Sammlungen: | International Planning Studies |
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