Stéphan de Beer

Gebundenes Buch

City-making, Space and Spirituality

A Community-Based Urban Praxis with Reflections from South Africa

Beschreibung

This book is about the soul of the city, embodied in its spaces and people. It traces dynamics in inner city neighbourhoods of South Africa's post-apartheid capital, Pretoria. Viewing the city through its most vulnerable people and places, it recognizes that urban space is never neutral and shaped by competing value frameworks.

Autor

Stéphan de Beer is an urbanist-theologian, passionate about cities that are radically inclusive, both socially and spatially. Previously, he led a community-based organization in the inner city of Tshwane, focusing on vulnerable people and places, and creating responsive social and housing infrastructure. Currently, he is Professor of Practical Theology and director of the Centre for Faith and Community at the University of Pretoria. With doctoral qualifications in theology and urban planning, he seeks to traverse disciplines and boundaries in undoing the apartheid city. He convenes the Urban Studio and the Unit for Street Homelessness, connecting scholarship, neighbourhoods and the streets. He believes that spirituality made concrete can help transform urban places.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781032372235
• ISBN-10: 1032372230
• Artikelnr.: 67823168