Cities of entanglements: Social life in Johannesburg and Maputo through ethnographic comparison
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2022
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Anthropology Southern Africa
Abstract
Cities invite attention because of the multiplicity of lifeworlds and encounters they engender. Whether approached from an anthropological, sociological or political vantage point, the “urban question” renders itself to a miniature of various encounters. Since Castells’ ([1972] 1977) classic work, “the urban question” — a reformulation of urbanisation as a capitalist project that emphasises the centrality of the city — has attracted significant attention by critical urban scholars. Scholars who expanded on Castells’ classical argument (for example, Brenner 2019; Merrifield 2014; Wacquant 2008) suggest that urban life is replete with unending pathways that leave us with more questions than answers.
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Social life, Ethnographic comparison
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Tjirera, E. (2022). Cities of entanglements: social life in Johannesburg and Maputo through ethnographic comparison. Anthropology Southern Africa, 45:1, 56-58, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2022.2059534