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The concept and planning of public native housing estates in Nairobi/Kenya, 1918–1948
Interwar public housing estates for native citizens in Sub-Sahara African cities, represent hybrids of global and local urban concepts, housing typologies and dwelling habits.The authors explain such hybrids via exploratory research note as a result of transmutation processes, marked by various (non)human actors. To categorize and compare them, Actor Network Theory (ANT) is applied and tested within an architecture historical framework. Nairobi/Kenya functions as pars pro toto with its Kariakor and Kaloleni estates as exemplary cases. Their different network-outcomes underpin the supposition that actor-oriented research can help to unravel a most essential, though neglected part of international town planning history.
The concept and planning of public native housing estates in Nairobi/Kenya, 1918–1948
Interwar public housing estates for native citizens in Sub-Sahara African cities, represent hybrids of global and local urban concepts, housing typologies and dwelling habits.The authors explain such hybrids via exploratory research note as a result of transmutation processes, marked by various (non)human actors. To categorize and compare them, Actor Network Theory (ANT) is applied and tested within an architecture historical framework. Nairobi/Kenya functions as pars pro toto with its Kariakor and Kaloleni estates as exemplary cases. Their different network-outcomes underpin the supposition that actor-oriented research can help to unravel a most essential, though neglected part of international town planning history.
The concept and planning of public native housing estates in Nairobi/Kenya, 1918–1948
Martin, A. M. (author) / Bezemer, P. M. (author)
2020-07-03
Martin, A M & Bezemer, P M 2020, 'The concept and planning of public native housing estates in Nairobi/Kenya, 1918–1948', Planning Perspectives, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 609-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2019.1602785
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The concept and planning of public native housing estates in Nairobi/Kenya, 1918–1948
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