Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships

Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti

Vincent Joos

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Rutgers University Press
10 December 2021

Society & culture: general; Urban communities; Social & cultural anthropology; Politics & government; Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

Series: Critical Caribbean Studies

Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes the failures of international aid in Haiti while it analyzes examples of Haitian-based reconstruction and economic practices. By interrogating the relationship between indigenous uses of the cityscape and the urbanization of the countryside within a framework that centers on the violence of urban planning, the book shows that the forms of economic development promoted by international agencies institutionalize impermanence and instability. Conversely, it shows how everyday Haitians use and transform the city to create spaces of belonging and forms of citizenship anchored in a long history of resistance to extractive economies. Taking readers into the remnants of failed industrial projects in Haitian provinces and into the streets, rubble, and homes of Port-au-Prince, this book reflects on the possibilities and meanings of dwelling in post-disaster urban landscapes.

By: Vincent Joos
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781978820586
ISBN 10: 1978820585
Series: Critical Caribbean Studies
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 10 December 2021
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

VINCENT JOOS is an assistant professor of anthropology and global French studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

Reviews for Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships: Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti

New Books Network - New Books in Caribbean Studies interview with Vincent Joos-- New Books Network - New Books in Caribbean Studies Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships is a tour de force, arguing for the importance of place in belonging and citizenship. Exceptionally well-researched, weaving a rich and diverse set of first-hand accounts with scholars from Haiti and elsewhere, Joos brings a critique of foreign disaster capitalism to the highest level, pushing hard against sensationalist narratives. --Mark Schuller author of Humanity's Last Stand: Confronting Global Catastrophe Joos' Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships undertakes a monumental task--analyzing the failures of international aid and post-disaster reconstruction through the lens of urban housing. Arguing for embodied forms of dwelling, Joos compellingly argues for Haitian models of urban housing built upon communal living, vernacular architecture, and sustainable habitation. Through his intimate, empathic ethnography, Joos powerfully asserts a 'right to the city' (and the country) through spatial citizenship, a correlate to what Mimi Sheller (Island Futures) defines as mobile justice. --Jana Evans Braziel author of Riding with Death: Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince