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Title From camp to city : refugee camps of the Western Sahara / edited by Manuel Herz.
Publisher Zürich : Lars Müller Publishers ; [Basel] : ETH Studio Basel, [2013]
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Description 511 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits, plans ; 25 cm
ISBN 9783037782910 hardback
3037782919 hardback
Contents The refugee camps of the Western Sahara -- A brief history of refugees and refugee camps -- A brief history of the Western Sahara -- Planning -- Living -- Administration -- Moving and communication -- Commerce and work -- Health and education -- Recreation and leisure -- Urban laboratories -- Camp Smara, 2007-2011 : a photographic survey.
Summary "From Camp to City examines the theme of the refugee camp in the context of urbanism and architecture. Using the examples of the refugee camps in the Algerian desert in which Sahrawis originally from the Western Sahara have been living for 35 years, the book looks at the "urban" aspects of these settlements. In contrast to the standard way of seeing refugee camps as scenes of human misery and despair, the examination concentrates on how people live and dwell in refugee camps, on how they work, move around, and enjoy themselves, and looks at the spaces and structures that are created in the process. With numerous images and texts, individual aspects of urban life are presented and analyzed in the different chapters. As an examination of a "borderline case" of urbanity, the publication does not ignore the problematic aspects of this theme, but on the contrary: its potential explosiveness is further underscored by the focus on a "vocabulary of the urban." It allows an understanding of the camps as a political project. The publication is based on research studies of the ETH Studio Basel, Institute of Contemporary Urbanism at the ETH Zürich." -- Provided by publisher.
Library Class History WR54
Subject Refugees -- Western Sahara.
Sahrawi (African people) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Western Sahara -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Western Sahara -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Western Sahara -- Pictorial works.
Other Author Herz, Manuel, editor.
ETH Studio Basel, Contemporary City Institute, issuing body.

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