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SUMMARY:Jennifer Hart: “Accra We Dey” - Precarious Histories\, Creative
  Place - Making\, and Reimagined Futures in Urban Ghana
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Jennifer Hart\, Wayne State University\, Detroi
 t                                     \\r\\nThe income gap in cities like 
 Accra seems to have grown at an  accelerated pace in the last 10 years\, e
 xacerbated by neoliberal  economic policies\, weak commodity markets\, and
  currency redenomination.   In response to this politics of extraversion\
 , “southern urbanism” or  urban theory from the global south has set i
 ts sights on the practices  of the local\, which are cast as forms of resi
 lience and resistance in  the face of global hegemonies that marginalize l
 ocal residents and local  knowledge.  In particular\, academics\, policym
 akers\, journalists\, and  planners often categorize the adaptations of po
 or urban residents in  this context as manifestations of “informality”
  and target urban  planning analysis and intervention on lower class neigh
 borhoods\,  markets\, transport systems\, and other infrastructure.  This
  association  of informality with poverty\, I argue\, is an oversimplified
   characterization of Keith Hart’s original formulation\, which obscures
  a  much more complex urban politics in the city\, rooted in a much longer
   history of urban residence in Accra.  By exploring this history of urba
 n  politics\, we can better understand the ways in which a wide range of  
 Accra residents claim a “right to the city”\, often bridging the gaps 
 and  blurring the boundaries between the socio-spatial inequalities  inscr
 ibed in urban planning policy and practice.  Accra residents  describe th
 ese daily acts as “managing”. In contrast to phrases like  “making d
 o” or “getting by”\, which are often associated with informal  pract
 ices and imply survivalism\, managing “highlights the ways in which  par
 ticipants engage in meaningful acts\, strategically harnessing the  resour
 ces at hand not only to accomplish objectives but also to  construct satis
 fying lives.” (Schauert\, 8) Acts of managing transcend  the distinction
 s of socioeconomic class in the city\, uniting Accra’s  population in a 
 process of grassroots place-making. \\r\\nJennifer Hart is an Associate Pr
 ofessor in the History  Department\, where  she teaches courses in African
  History\, World  History\, Digital History\,  History Communication\, and
  historical  methodologies. 
X-ALT-DESC:<h4>Presentation by Jennifer Hart\, Wayne State University\, Det
 roit                                     </h4>\nThe income gap in cities l
 ike Accra seems to have grown at an  accelerated pace in the last 10 years
 \, exacerbated by neoliberal  economic policies\, weak commodity markets\,
  and currency redenomination.&nbsp\;  In response to this politics of extr
 aversion\, “southern urbanism” or  urban theory from the global south 
 has set its sights on the practices  of the local\, which are cast as form
 s of resilience and resistance in  the face of global hegemonies that marg
 inalize local residents and local  knowledge.&nbsp\; In particular\, acade
 mics\, policymakers\, journalists\, and  planners often categorize the ada
 ptations of poor urban residents in  this context as manifestations of “
 informality” and target urban  planning analysis and intervention on low
 er class neighborhoods\,  markets\, transport systems\, and other infrastr
 ucture.&nbsp\; This association  of informality with poverty\, I argue\, i
 s an oversimplified  characterization of Keith Hart’s original formulati
 on\, which obscures a  much more complex urban politics in the city\, root
 ed in a much longer  history of urban residence in Accra.&nbsp\; By explor
 ing this history of urban  politics\, we can better understand the ways in
  which a wide range of  Accra residents claim a “right to the city”\, 
 often bridging the gaps and  blurring the boundaries between the socio-spa
 tial inequalities  inscribed in urban planning policy and practice.&nbsp\;
  Accra residents  describe these daily acts as “managing”. In contrast
  to phrases like  “making do” or “getting by”\, which are often as
 sociated with informal  practices and imply survivalism\, managing “high
 lights the ways in which  participants engage in meaningful acts\, strateg
 ically harnessing the  resources at hand not only to accomplish objectives
  but also to  construct satisfying lives.” (Schauert\, 8) Acts of managi
 ng transcend  the distinctions of socioeconomic class in the city\, unitin
 g Accra’s  population in a process of grassroots place-making. \n<b>Jenn
 ifer Hart</b> is an Associate Professor in the History  Department\, where
   she teaches courses in African History\, World  History\, Digital Histor
 y\,  History Communication\, and historical  methodologies.&nbsp\;\n\n\n
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