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Metropolitanism as an African Way of Life: a response

Metropolitanism as an African Way of Life: a response City 4 Society 2003, XV|I|:1 3 I - ] 33. Copyright 2003 by the American Anthropological Association City & Society Perhaps we can speak of "metropolitanism as a way of life' in the same manner as Louis Wirth spoke of urbanism as a way of life. in their own right rather than in terms of globalization. Globalization always looks different at the local level, both in people's experiences and in how they imagine their place in the world. That is, we are talking both of social and spatial relations. Just what does it mean to be in each other's space? Bridget Kenny caught this question in her paper when she noted (p. 44) that the global cannot exist outside of its expression through local social relations. The concept of metropolis can be understood at several level. One level concerns a type of place. Anne Lewinson says (p. 7) that the concept of the metropolis highlights the ways that Africa's major cities mediate in crucial ways between communities and the global economy, and the ways that those cities draw the local region into themselves and thereby into relationships with the world. Thinking of Fritz Lang's film, Metropolis, I would http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City & Society Wiley

Metropolitanism as an African Way of Life: a response

Hansen, Karen Tranberg
City & Society , Volume 15 (1) – Jun 1, 2003
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City 4 Society 2003, XV|I|:1 3 I - ] 33. Copyright 2003 by the American Anthropological Association City & Society Perhaps we can speak of "metropolitanism as a way of life' in the same manner as Louis Wirth spoke of urbanism as a way of life. in their own right rather than in terms of globalization. Globalization always looks different at the local level, both in people's experiences and in how they imagine their place in the world. That is, we are talking both of social and spatial relations. Just what does it mean to be in each other's space? Bridget Kenny caught this question in her paper when she noted (p. 44) that the global cannot exist outside of its expression through local social relations. The concept of metropolis can be understood at several level. One level concerns a type of place. Anne Lewinson says (p. 7) that the concept of the metropolis highlights the ways that Africa's major cities mediate in crucial ways between communities and the global economy, and the ways that those cities draw the local region into themselves and thereby into relationships with the world. Thinking of Fritz Lang's film, Metropolis, I would

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