Johannesburg

Author : Sarah Nuttall,Achille Mbembe
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822381211

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Johannesburg by Sarah Nuttall,Achille Mbembe Pdf

Johannesburg: The Elusive Metropolis is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa’s largest city into urban theory, on its own terms. Johannesburg is Africa’s premier metropolis. Yet theories of urbanization have cast it as an emblem of irresolvable crisis, the spatial embodiment of unequal economic relations and segregationist policies, and a city that responds to but does not contribute to modernity on the global scale. Complicating and contesting such characterizations, the contributors to this collection reassess classic theories of metropolitan modernity as they explore the experience of “city-ness” and urban life in post-apartheid South Africa. They portray Johannesburg as a polycentric and international city with a hybrid history that continually permeates the present. Turning its back on rigid rationalities of planning and racial separation, Johannesburg has become a place of intermingling and improvisation, a city that is fast developing its own brand of cosmopolitan culture. The volume’s essays include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in the city, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary relationship between Johannesburg and Maputo, Mozambique’s capital. One contributor considers how Johannesburg’s cosmopolitan sociability enabled the anticolonial projects of Mohandas Ghandi and Nelson Mandela. Journalists, artists, architects, writers, and scholars bring contemporary Johannesburg to life in ten short pieces, including reflections on music and megamalls, nightlife, built spaces, and life for foreigners in the city. Contributors: Arjun Appadurai, Carol A. Breckenridge, Lindsay Bremner, David Bunn, Fred de Vries, Nsizwa Dlamini, Mark Gevisser, Stefan Helgesson, Julia Hornberger, Jonathan Hyslop, Grace Khunou, Frédéric Le Marcis, Xavier Livermon, John Matshikiza, Achille Mbembe, Robert Muponde, Sarah Nuttall, Tom Odhiambo, Achal Prabhala, AbdouMaliq Simone

Author : Mike Alfred
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1919931333

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Johannesburg Portraits by Mike Alfred Pdf

Tells the story of Johannesburg's geography; its economic, political, and social history; and its vibrant personality through the lives of prominent Johannesburg citizens.

Author : Richard Tomlinson,Robert Beauregard,Lindsay Bremmer,Xolela Mangcu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317794240

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Emerging Johannesburg by Richard Tomlinson,Robert Beauregard,Lindsay Bremmer,Xolela Mangcu Pdf

Johannesburg is most often compared with Sao Paulo and Los Angeles and sometimes even with Budapest, Calcutta and Jerusalem. Johannesburg reflects and informs conditions in cities around the world. As might be expected from such comparisons, South Africa's political transformation has not led to redistribution and inclusive social change in Johannesburg. In Emerging Johannesburg the contributors describe the city's transition from a post apartheid city to one with all too familiar issues such as urban/suburban divide in the city and its relationship to poverty and socio-political power, local politics and governance, crime and violence, and, especially for a city located in Southern Africa, the devastating impact of AIDS.

Author : Maryna Fraser
Publisher : Van Riebeeck Society, The
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
ISBN : 062009432X

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Johannesburg Pioneer Journals, 1888-1909 by Maryna Fraser Pdf

Author : Keith Beavon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004491809

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Johannesburg by Keith Beavon Pdf

Until now there has been no single text that brings together the material that reveals the unfolding geography of Johannesburg, South Africa. This books describes the history of the city from its days as a mining camp to its position of premier metropolis in Africa. The present geography of Johannesburg, and the problems and dysfunctions that is hat exhibited at various stages in its history since 1886, cannot be understood without a firm grasp of what has evolved of the past 120 years.

Author : Lizzie Williams
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1841621765

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Johannesburg by Lizzie Williams Pdf

In the past year Johannesburg has made enormous strides in creating a safe, dynamic city which has won two awards from the British Guild of Travel Writers. This pocket-sized guide will give confidence to business and holiday travellers wanting to make the most of a visit to the major sites as well as Johannesburg's other attractions, including excellent museums telling the story of South Africa's turbulent history, markets which sell cheeses and Cape wineland produce, art galleries showcasing local painting as well as bohemian cafés which personify the "Rainbow Nation".

Author : Philip Harrison
Publisher : Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO)
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781990972126

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Johannesburg and its epidemics by Philip Harrison Pdf

This historical account of the epidemics that have struck Johannesburg during its 134-year history is written with the burden of the present. On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, and shortly afterwards confirmed that a previously unknown coronavirus was the cause. The disease was labelled Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) and spread globally in the early months of 2020.

Author : Rudolph, Michael,Kroll, Florian
Publisher : Southern African Migration Programme
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781920409760

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The State of Food Insecuritity in Johannesburg by Rudolph, Michael,Kroll, Florian Pdf

Johannesburg is the economic hub of South Africa and the Southern African region. At the same time, it is a city of extremes which juxtaposes ostentatious wealth and conspicuous consumption with grinding poverty and food insecurity. Not enough is known about the prevalence and nature of food insecurity in the city, making it difficult to challenge and plan to reduce the urban food gap. This paper uses AFSUN data from three lower-income areas of the city (Alexandra, Orange Farm and the Inner City) to examine the characteristics and drivers of food insecurity in Johannesburg. Despite high overall levels of food insecurity, the three study areas exhibited important differences. While the proportion of food secure households was similar in each area, the proportion of severely food insecure households was highest in the informal settlement of Orange Farm and lowest in Alexandra. Household food insecurity is directly linked to household income as the vast majority of food consumed is purchased not grown. In general, the poorer the household, the greater the proportion of household income that is spent on food. Households rely significantly on supermarkets and the informal food economy as food sources. Less than ten percent are involved in any form of urban agriculture or receive food transfers directly from rural areas. This paper also shows that food insecurity correlates with poor health outcomes and concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the AFSUN study.

Author : Richard Ballard,Sandiswa Mapukata
Publisher : GCRO
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781990972256

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South African urban imaginaries: cases from Johannesburg by Richard Ballard,Sandiswa Mapukata Pdf

How do government officials, elected politicians, powerful economic actors and ordinary people think and talk about the urban geography of South Africa? How do they describe and represent change that is happening in cities, towns and villages? Do they consider these changes to be good or bad? How do they think such places should change? What do they do to try to bring about the changes they desire? Competing answers to these questions have been at the centre of South Africa’s urban development. Through the 19th and 20th centuries, white minority governments straddled quite contradictory imaginaries about who could build lives for themselves in urban areas and on what terms. Ordinary people held their own urban imaginaries that were quite different to those of white minority governments, and were core to the fight for democracy. In the democratic era, a range of official and popular imaginaries offer diverse visions on how South Africans should be transformed. In an earlier collection produced under the GCRO Spatial Imaginaries project, we explored the sometimes contradictory nature of post-apartheid urban visions with, for example, with some promoting the creation of new urban settlements on greenfield sites, and others attempting to densify and diversify long urbanised spaces. Research Report 13, South African urban imaginaries: Cases from Johannesburg, is a second edited collection under the Spatial Imaginaries project, and it uses a series of cases from Johannesburg that illustrate the interactions between urban imaginaries and the material city. These cases include: the depiction of central business districts in film as spaces of aspiration; the way in which the imaginaries of developers in Hillbrow were shaped by the lives of those living there; the imaginaries of Alexandra Renewal Project practitioners; the way in which residents of Brixton understand diversity; and the construction of two new bridges across the M1 to better connect Sandton and Alexandra.

Author : John Ostrowick
Publisher : John Ostrowick
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781445749969

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An Insider's Guide to Johannesburg by John Ostrowick Pdf

Johannesburg is severely underrated as a tourist destination. This could be because it has no beaches, no snow-capped mountains, and no ancient buildings. But Johannesburg has something else - it is a cultural and industrial centre, with an enormous array of entertainment events running day and night. Johannesburg is also the scene of the fall of the abominable Apartheid system. So Johannesburg is not only a cultural centre, but it is also politically one of the most significant cities in Africa, and the most economically powerful. Furthermore, the human race evolved in the Johannesburg area. So there are many reasons to visit. This book gives an introduction to South Africa and Johannesburg in particular. It covers all the things to see and visit in Johannesburg and its surrounds. It provides addresses, phone numbers and GPS coordinates of each tourist attraction, so that you can find them easily.

Author : C. Kihato
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137299970

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Migrant Women of Johannesburg by C. Kihato Pdf

Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the everyday lives of those inhabiting a fluid location between multiple worlds, suspended between their original home and an imagined future elsewhere.

Author : John Ostrowick
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781291130041

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The Affordable Insider's Guide to Johannesburg by John Ostrowick Pdf

Johannesburg is severely underrated as a tourist destination. This could be because it has no beaches, no snow-capped mountains, and no ancient buildings. But Johannesburg has something else - it is a cultural and industrial centre, with an enormous array of entertainment events running day and night. Johannesburg is also the scene of the fall of the abominable Apartheid system. So Johannesburg is not only a cultural centre, but it is also politically one of the most significant cities in Africa, and the most economically powerful. Furthermore, the human race evolved in the Johannesburg area. So there are many reasons to visit. This book gives an introduction to South Africa and Johannesburg in particular. It covers all the things to see and visit in Johannesburg and its surrounds. It provides addresses, phone numbers and GPS coordinates of each tourist attraction, so that you can find them easily. This edition contains a black-and-white interior to make the book affordable.

Author : Inocent Moyo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319571447

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African Immigrant Traders in Inner City Johannesburg by Inocent Moyo Pdf

This book contests the negative portrayal of African immigrants as people who are not valuable members of South African society. They are often perceived as a threat to South Africa and its patrimony, accused of committing crime, taking jobs and competing for resources with South African citizens. Unique in its deployment of a deconstructionist theoretical and analytical framework, this work argues that this is a simplistic portrayal of a complex reality. Inocent Moyo lays bare, not only the failings of an exclusivist narrative of belonging, but also a complex social reality around migration and immigration politics, belonging and exclusion in contemporary South Africa. Over seven chapters he introduces new perspectives on the negative portrayal of African immigrants and argues that to sustain a negative view of them as the ‘threatening other’ ignores complex people-place-space dynamics. For these reasons, the analytical, empirical and theoretical value of the project is that it broadens the study of migration related contexts in a South African setting. Academics, students, policy makers and activists focusing on the migration and immigration debate will find this book invaluable.

Author : Charles G. Thomas
Publisher : London : Smith, Elder
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088685896

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Johannesburg in Arms, 1895-96 by Charles G. Thomas Pdf

Author : Bobby M. Wilson
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780820356273

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America's Johannesburg by Bobby M. Wilson Pdf

"Originally published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc ... Copyright à 2000"--Title page verso.