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By Wacera Thande and Robert Biel
By Qianxi Zhang
This blog was written as a synthesis of a DPU Dialogues in Development event 鈥�Designing child-friendly cities: play spaces outside playgrounds鈥�, co-hosted with the 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 Critical Childhood Studies Research Group (CCSRG). Qianxi is a one-year visiting researcher at the DPU, working with Dr Andrea Rigon and CatalyticAction on the codesign of child-friendly cities and communities.
This housing story follows my Mum鈥檚 journey. It provides valuable insight into the history of housing policies in Mauritius and how they have evolved. Given Mauritius鈥� location, it is prone to cyclones that cause devastation to homes, which made it critical for the government to prioritise better structures to address inadequate dwellings. However, as my Mum鈥檚 story will illustrate, government schemes were not always accessible, resulting in more informal community financing schemes.
This housing story follows the urban transformation of a once-thriving node based in the Old Anarkali neighbourhood of Lahore, Pakistan. It is a story of cultural shift, resistance to change, inevitable transition, and the lingering battle between despair and hope. The story follows a narrative thread, informed by inherited memories and from lived experiences in what used to be a tightly-knit neighbourhood community. The story depicts the loss of shared space and collective consciousness due to repeated experiments of urban (de)generation.
UK immigration from Eastern Europe (EE) increased considerably post the European Union (EU) accession in May 2004 (Parutis, 2015). It permitted free movement across the United Kingdom (UK) and home country, opening the opportunity for employment in Britain, and thus the possibility of 鈥榓 better life鈥�. The EE dream of Britain as the 鈥榤ini-America鈥� (Judah, 2016) tells the tales of 鈥渢he glamour of London鈥� (Morrison, 2016) whereby those moving overseas to settle, making Britain their home, can work towards owning something of their own.
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Ever since Rasini approached me with hope, inquiring about possibly obtaining affordable housing for her family, her story has left a lasting impression. Rasini鈥檚 story represents one among countless others striving to achieve the dream of homeownership. This essay delves into the experiences of Rasini and her parents to examine the dynamic of Jakarta鈥檚 housing market over a 40-years span. In this essay, the housing narrative of Rasini鈥檚 family is followed by relevant housing policies or housing market transitions that contribute to this dynamic.
By Haim Yacobi, Michelle Pace, Ziad Abu Mustafa, Yasser Abu Jami
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3.1: Environmental 鈥榓ctivisting while Black鈥�: Questions and conundrums
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