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Politics/matter: Governing Cape Town’s informal settlements

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  • Ash Amin

    (University of Cambridge, UK)

  • Liza Rose Cirolia

    (University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities, South Africa)

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Through 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.

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  • Ash Amin & Liza Rose Cirolia, 2018. "Politics/matter: Governing Cape Town’s informal settlements," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(2), pages 274-295, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:55:y:2018:i:2:p:274-295
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098017694133
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