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Umkämpfter Freiraum: Die Erfindung des Städtischen im Norden Namibias, 1950-1980

Towns as Frontiers: Contesting the Urban in Northern Namibia, 1950-1980
[journal article]

Dobler, Gregor

Abstract

Der Artikel zeichnet die Entwicklung von Städten als einer räumlichen Form und als einer Praxis in Nord-Namibia nach. In vorkolonialer Zeit war die Region durch vereinzelte Kleinsiedlungen geprägt. Städte begannen erst in den 1950er Jahren zu entstehen. Von Beginn an kreuzten sich Planung von oben u... view more

Der Artikel zeichnet die Entwicklung von Städten als einer räumlichen Form und als einer Praxis in Nord-Namibia nach. In vorkolonialer Zeit war die Region durch vereinzelte Kleinsiedlungen geprägt. Städte begannen erst in den 1950er Jahren zu entstehen. Von Beginn an kreuzten sich Planung von oben und gelebte Praxis von unten und beeinflussten sich gegenseitig. Das Auftauchen von Städten in Nord-Namibia ist untrennbar mit dem System der Wanderarbeit und mit repressiver Apartheidpolitik verknüpft. Doch Städte waren ebenso Räume relativer Autonomie und der Freiheit von sozialer Kontrolle. Sie entwickelten sich als Grenzräume in dem Sinn, wie Kopytoff ihn umrissen hat. Hier konnten Menschen neue soziale Formen ausprobieren. Die führte zu Konflikten um Macht und Kontrolle. Der Artikel kommt zu dem Schluss, dass Auseinandersetzungen über das Recht auf Stadt nicht neu sind; sie gehören vielmehr zentral zu den Bedingungen städtischen Lebens.... view less


This article traces the development of towns as a spatial form, a concept, and as a practice in northern Namibia. During pre-colonial times northern Namibia was characterised by scattered homesteads, with towns only first starting to emerge in the 1950s. From the start, planning from above and lived... view more

This article traces the development of towns as a spatial form, a concept, and as a practice in northern Namibia. During pre-colonial times northern Namibia was characterised by scattered homesteads, with towns only first starting to emerge in the 1950s. From the start, planning from above and lived practice from below intersected and mutually influenced each other. The emergence of northern Namibian towns is inseparable from the migrant labour system and from oppressive apartheid policies, but towns were also spaces of relative autonomy and freedom from societal control; they constituted frontier spaces, in the sense outlined by Kopytoff, in which people could experiment with new social forms, resulting in conflicts surrounding power and control. Conflict over the rights to the city, the article concludes, is not new; it is an essential part of the urban condition.... view less

Keywords
Namibia; urban development; settlement pattern; urbanization; conflict potential; social change; historical development; Southern Africa

Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology

Free Keywords
Recht auf Stadt; politische Anthropologie; urban spaces; right to the city; political anthropology

Document language
German

Publication Year
2016

Page/Pages
p. 94-114

Journal
PERIPHERIE - Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, 36 (2016) 1

Issue topic
Konfliktfeld Stadt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/peripherie.v36i141.22866

ISSN
2366-4185

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0


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