The Labour of Home
| dc.contributor.advisor | Scheba, Suraya | |
| dc.contributor.author | Byrnes, Kathryn | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-27T13:10:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-27T13:10:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-06-27T13:08:08Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The city of Cape Town's history of designed inequality has continued to maintain and extend barriers to accessing affordable housing for poor and working-class families. This work explores the emergence of occupation as a working-class housing and survival strategy that innovatively addresses these barriers to accommodation. Through intimate one on one conversations and shared experiences, this research unpacks the home-making journeys of a small group of residents at Cissie Gool House in Woodstock, investigating their grapplings with citizenship, past pursuits of home, and the rebuilding and reimagining of space undertaken as they continue to transform a hospital into a home. This thesis has found that occupied spaces such as Cissie Gool House have empowered residents to create fulfilling, central, home spaces for themselves that innovatively address the shortcomings of state housing schemes, while additionally developing social networks and programs that uplift, educate and support residents. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Byrnes, K. (2023). <i>The Labour of Home</i>. (). ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37975 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Byrnes, Kathryn. <i>"The Labour of Home."</i> ., ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37975 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Byrnes, K. 2023. The Labour of Home. . ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37975 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Byrnes, Kathryn AB - The city of Cape Town's history of designed inequality has continued to maintain and extend barriers to accessing affordable housing for poor and working-class families. This work explores the emergence of occupation as a working-class housing and survival strategy that innovatively addresses these barriers to accommodation. Through intimate one on one conversations and shared experiences, this research unpacks the home-making journeys of a small group of residents at Cissie Gool House in Woodstock, investigating their grapplings with citizenship, past pursuits of home, and the rebuilding and reimagining of space undertaken as they continue to transform a hospital into a home. This thesis has found that occupied spaces such as Cissie Gool House have empowered residents to create fulfilling, central, home spaces for themselves that innovatively address the shortcomings of state housing schemes, while additionally developing social networks and programs that uplift, educate and support residents. DA - 2023 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Environmental and Geographic Sciences LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2023 T1 - The Labour of Home TI - The Labour of Home UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37975 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37975 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Byrnes K. The Labour of Home. []. ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2023 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37975 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Environmental and Geographical Science | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental and Geographic Sciences | en_US |
| dc.title | The Labour of Home | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | en_US |