The gendered postconflict city: Possibilities for more livable urban transformations in Gulu, northern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorHarris, John C.
dc.contributor.authorKomakech, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMonk, David
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, Maria del Guadalupe
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-15T06:37:54Z
dc.date.available2022-08-15T06:37:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-10
dc.description.abstractScholars acknowledge that postconflict urbanism is undertheorized and underdeveloped for practical governance or sustainable urban management, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, which has unfortunately experienced significant conflict in the post-independence period. We argue that postconflict redevelopment theory and practice under appreciates liminal spaces and the precarious existence of postconflict people, especially postconflict women. We examine the extant literature on Gulu, Uganda, to develop theory and urban management concepts around the notion of the gendered postconflict city as a unique urban identity and re-center the analysis on the everyday experiences, agency, and city building practices of women. We posit three realities for understanding the gendered postconflict city: (1) the postconflict gendered city is a liminal space beyond the notions of contingency and fluidity often assigned to African cities, (2) it is a place of deep and abiding trauma, and (3) it is a place of invisibility and precarity for women who selforganize to reduce precarity. We make a series of recommendations for postconflict urban management based on these realities that include recognizing liminality in postconflict planning and setting aside the impulse to prioritize the global competitiveness of postconflict cities above all else. These have important implications for NGO and national development practices.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2081577
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.gu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/20.500.14270/151
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Urban Affairsen_US
dc.titleThe gendered postconflict city: Possibilities for more livable urban transformations in Gulu, northern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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