Making an African City

Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra

Autor*innen

• Jennifer Hart

Parameter

• 316 Seiten
• 12 Lesestunden

• Architektur
• Architektur & Städtebau
• Historisches Thema
• Kunst & Kultur
• Sachbücher

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The book delves into the tension between colonial regulations and the indigenous practices of Accra's residents. British officials and local technocrats aimed to create a "modern" city by criminalizing certain activities, yet residents actively resisted these changes through protests and informal adaptations. Hart emphasizes that the informalization of Accra's development was a historical process shaped by these interactions, revealing how urban planning often failed to serve the needs of its inhabitants while still influencing the city's infrastructure and growth.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Einband: Hardcover