Urban Residence

Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador

AvChristien Klaufus

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Riobamba and Cuenca,two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in tandem, within these cities - popular-settlement residents and professionals in the planning and construction sector - this study analyzes how each is involved in house designs and neighborhood consolidation. Ideas, ambitions, and power relations come into play at every stage of the production and use of urban space, and as a result individual decisions about both house designs and the urban layout influence the development of the urban fabric. Knowledge about intermediate cities is crucial in order to understand current trends in the predominantly urban societies of Latin America, and this study is an example of needed interdisciplinary scholarship that contributes to the fields of urban studies, urban anthropology, sociology, and architecture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-05-17
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:562 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:CEDLA Latin America Studies
Antal sidor:330
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9780857453716

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Christien Klaufus holds a Masters degree in Architecture and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology. Before joining CEDLA in 2008, she was a researcher at Delft University of Technology. Her research focuses on urban development, housing, architecture, and material culture. She has worked in Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and the Netherlands.

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"This is a wonderful book..[The] inclusion of two contrasting population groups in two cities makes it an ambitious and challenging project, which in less competent hands could be problematic. But it is this breadth combined with depth which really gives the study its authority. The focus on intermediate cities is refreshing and the exploration of global networks and influences through international migration offers new insights and makes an important and contemporary contribution to the literature. This is outstanding interdisciplinary scholarship and ethnography at its best - a valuable addition to the literature on housing, poverty, urban studies and city planning as well as to the study of popular aesthetics, architecture, urban anthropology, and sociology." * Peter Kellett, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: Urban Living and ArchitectureChapter 1. Intermediate Andean CitiesChapter 2. Neighborhood DialecticsChapter 3. Habits in House BuildingChapter 4. Fashionable HomesChapter 5. Transformations in Cuencan ArchitectureChapter 6. Riobamba, Disordered CityChapter 7. The Ordinary CityAppendix: Ethnographic Urban ResearchGlossaryReferencesIndex