Stringer, B. and Campbell, D. 2017. Makutano Junction: A Village Soap Opera for Kenyan TV. An Interview with Producer and Mediae.org Director and Co-founder David Campbell. Architecture and Culture. 5 (1), pp. 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2017.1292754
| Title | Makutano Junction: A Village Soap Opera for Kenyan TV. An Interview with Producer and Mediae.org Director and Co-founder David Campbell |
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| Authors | Stringer, B. and Campbell, D. |
| Abstract | In this article comments by politician Boris Johnson and economist Edward Glaeser exemplify narratives of global urbanization that portray rural villages as redundant and perpetuate outdated notions of urban–rural division. Simultaneously, traditional urban–rural dialectics are distorted by divisive new urban projects like gated communities styled as villages. This paper argues for development models that acknowledge the vital environmental and economic roles played by rural villages, and opposes artificially created “villages” in cities. In so doing, alternative readings of rurality and villages by Rem Koolhaas, Brazilian land reformers, Mahatma Gandhi, and critics of contemporary Indian literature and urbanism are considered. |
| Journal | Architecture and Culture |
| Journal citation | 5 (1), pp. 99-113 |
| ISSN | 2050-7828 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Accepted author manuscript | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2017.1292754 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published online | 05 May 2017 |
| Published | 05 May 2017 |