03015nam 2200601 450 99652496930331620230526220426.03-86859-780-810.1515/9783868597806(CKB)26620472200041(NjHacI)9926620472200041(DE-B1597)642062(DE-B1597)9783868597806(EXLCZ)992662047220004120230526h20222023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInfrastructures of freedom public light and everynight life for the urban poor /Stephanie BriersBerlin :JOVIS Verlag GmbH,2022.©20231 online resource (272 pages)9783868597769 Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Reading through Light and Beyond -- Chapter 2: Cape Town’s Segregated Lightscape -- Chapter 3: Endeavours of Studying Khayelitsha’s Lighting -- Chapter 4: Life in the Shadows of Area Lighting -- Chapter 5: Trapped by Darkness -- Chapter 6: Freeing the Night, Co-producing Light -- Chapter 7: Infrastructures of Freedom: Breaking Boundaries with Light -- Epilogue -- AppendixInfrastructures of Freedom sheds light on the impact of inadequate public lighting in self-built communities in Cape Town. In democratic South Africa, where infrastructure provision still reflects deeply embedded notions of citizenship, informal neighborhoods with minimal infrastructure provision face challenges beyond access to basic services and opportunities. Fear, the feeling of being forgotten, and living in undignified conditions are among the powerful experiences darkness brings about in these neighborhoods. The book not only reveals these experiences of everynight life, but takes a step further: it considers how the co-production of a solar public lighting project within a community improved everynight life and suggests ways for infrastructure to more successfully articulate citizenship.City planningEconomic aspectsSouth AfricaCities and townsSouth AfricaApartheid.Cape Town.Khayelitsha.South Africa.action research.bottom-up.citizenship.darkness.light infrastructure.post-Apartheid urban planning.public light.southern urbanism.township.urban segregation.City planningEconomic aspectsCities and towns307.1216095456Briers Stephen1965-1240986NjHacINjHaclBOOK996524969303316Infrastructures of freedom3365655UNISA