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Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance?
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Smith, Raymond |
| author2 | Shepherd, Nick |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13066 Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance? Smith, Raymond Shepherd, Nick Townsend, Stephen S Conservation of the Built Environment Includes bibliographical references. This study examines the first identification and assignment of heritage values and significance undertaken by the “establishment”, the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and the City of Cape Town (CCT) in the Township of Langa in the Cape Province a decade ago. In brief, this is the story of Langa migrant labour hostels reviewed for its meaning as heritage to the diverse communities within Langa, compared with an earlier 2001/2 official evaluation by the state-led heritage management institutions. It is within a broader socio-political, cultural and heritage discourse context that this research project explores what the residents of Langa find significant. This is done with particular reference to the migrant labour hostel schemes since the intention was to establish to what extent conservation and heritage management is an appropriate response in an environment of material, economic and social difficulties; and, if so, to what degree the inhabitants of the hostels’ sense of value correspond to that articulated in the “official statement of significance” of 2004. This study questions the validity of nominating migrant labour hostels as “Grade I” national heritage resources. 2015-06-15T06:58:00Z 2015-06-15T06:58:00Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13066 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Conservation of the Built Environment Smith, Raymond Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance? |
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| title | Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance? |
| title_full | Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance? |
| title_fullStr | Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance? |
| title_short | Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance? |
| title_sort | social housing as heritage case study langa hostels whose values and what significance |
| topic | Conservation of the Built Environment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13066 |
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