Cartographies of Transformation in Mostar and Cape Town: Mapping as a Methodology in Divided Cities. Issue 2 (15th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Forde, Susan
• Is Part Of: Journal of intervention and statebuilding. Volume 13:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 139
• Page End: 157
• Publication Date: 2019-03-15
• Subjects: Mostar -- Cape Town -- mapping -- conflict transformation -- reconstruction -- space -- spatial agency; Intervention (International law) -- Periodicals; Nation-building -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Periodicals; Postwar reconstruction -- Periodicals; International cooperation -- Periodicals; 320
• DOI: 10.1080/17502977.2018.1528713
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-2977

Abstract

ABSTRACT: All cities, as heterogenous spaces, are divided. However, conflict, in various forms can create cities which are monikered as 'divided cities'. The divisions in these cities involve the segregation of communities and entrenchment of social and political divides. Through case studies situated in the spatially divided cities of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Cape Town, South Africa, this article demonstrates local resistance to top-down divisions. Theoretically and methodologically, this article contributes an understanding of mapping as a methodology which can materialise the spatial agency of local actors and can contribute to more inclusive memory work and reconstruction.