The politics of knowledge: Knowledge management in informal settlement upgrading in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Floortje
dc.contributor.authorJordhus-Lier, David
dc.contributor.authorTsolekile de Wet, Pamela
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-15T11:45:27Z
dc.date.available2021-09-15T11:45:27Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractt In situ solutions, participatory practices and the inclusion of community knowledge have become key ingredients in urban upgrading policies across the world. Knowledge, however, is not neutral, but value-laden, representing different and conflicting interests. Including community-based knowledge, therefore, is far from straightforward. To understand the politics of urban development interventions, a deeper conceptualisation of the relationship between knowledge and power is required. This article tries to contribute to this conceptualisation through an empirical analysis of informal settlement upgrading. Specifically, it interrogates the role of community knowledge in urban development through a study of two informal settlements in Cape Town. Findings from this qualitative research contradict the notion of a unified community whose ‘community knowledge’ can be engaged with. In both settlements, knowledge politics have resulted in tensions within the settlement, creating new interest groups and knowledge alliances, showing the complex interconnectedness of knowledge, power and mobilisation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJacobs, F. et al. (2015). The politics of knowledge: Knowledge management in informal settlement upgrading in Cape Town . Urban Forum, 26(4), 425–441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-015-9258-4en_US
dc.identifier.issn1874-6330
dc.identifier.uri10.1007/s12132-015-9258-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6684
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectUrban governanceen_US
dc.subjectUrban developmenten_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjectInformal settlementsen_US
dc.subjectCape Townen_US
dc.titleThe politics of knowledge: Knowledge management in informal settlement upgrading in Cape Townen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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