@book{Ehebrecht2014,
  author    = {Ehebrecht, Daniel},
  title     = {The challenge of informal settlement upgrading : Breaking new ground in Hangberg, Cape Town?},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-300-8},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71232},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {184},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Despite its many challenges and limitations the concept of in situ upgrading of informal settlements has become one of the most favoured approaches to the housing crisis in the 'Global South'. Due to its inherent principles of incremental in situ development, prevention of relocations, protection of local livelihoods and democratic participation and cooperation, this approach is often perceived to be more sustainable than other housing approaches that often rely on quantitative housing delivery and top down planning methodologies. While this study does not question the benefits of the in situ upgrading approach, it seeks to identify problems of its practical implementation within a specific national and local context. The study discusses the origin and importance of this approach on the basis of a review of international housing policy development and analyses the broader political and social context of the incorporation of this approach into South African housing policy. It further uses insights from a recent case study in Cape Town to determine complications and conflicts that can arise when applying in situ upgrading of informal settlements in a complex local context. On that basis benefits and limitations of the in situ upgrading approach are specified and prerequisites for its successful implementation formulated.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{LeGallMboro2020,
  author    = {LeGall, Yann and Mboro, Mnyaka Sururu},
  title     = {Remembering the dismembered},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-50850},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-508502},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {viii, 346},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {This thesis - written in co-authorship with Tanzanian activist Mnyaka Sururu Mboro - examines different cases of repatriation of ancestral remains to African countries and communities through the prism of postcolonial memory studies. It follows the theft and displacement of prominent ancestors from East and Southern Africa (Sarah Baartman, Dawid Stuurman, Mtwa Mkwawa, Songea Mbano, King Hintsa and the victims of the Ovaherero and Nama genocides) and argues that efforts made for the repatriation of their remains have contributed to a transnational remembrance of colonial violence. Drawing from cultural studies theories such as "multidirectional memory", "rehumanisation" and "necropolitics", the thesis argues for a new conceptualisation or "re-membrance" in repatriation, through processes of reunion, empowerment, story-telling and belonging. Besides, the afterlives of the dead ancestors, who stand at the centre of political debates on justice and reparations, remind of their past struggles against colonial oppression. They are therefore "memento vita", fostering counter-discourses that recognize them as people and stories. This manuscript is accompanied by a "(web)site of memory" where some of the research findings are made available to a wider audience. This blog also hosts important sound material which appears in the thesis as interventions by external contributors. Through QR codes, both the written and the digital version are linked with each other to problematize the idea of a written monograph and bring a polyphonic perspective to those diverse, yet connected, histories.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{RolfesSteinbrinkUhl2009,
  author    = {Rolfes, Manfred and Steinbrink, Malte and Uhl, Christina},
  title     = {Townships as attraction : an empirical study of township tourism in Cape Town},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-940793-79-9},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-28947},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {60},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {Since the end of the Apartheid international tourism in South Africa has increasingly gained importance for the national economy. The centre of this PKS issue's attention is a particular form of tourism: Township tourism, i.e. guided tours to the residential areas of the black population. About 300,000 tourists per year visit the townships of Cape Town. The tours are also called Cultural, Social, or Reality Tours. The different aspects of township tourism in Cape Town were subject of a geographic field study, which was undertaken during a student research project of Potsdam University in 2007. The text at hand presents the empirical results of the field study, and demonstrates how townships are constructed as spaces of tourism.},
  language  = {en}
}