How a Slum Is (Re)Produced : An Ethnography of Kibera and Korogocho in Nairobi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chułek, Magdalena.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

This book offers an in-depth ethnographic analysis of how slums are produced and reproduced as physical, symbolic, and socio-political formations. It explores slums not as static spaces of deprivation but as dynamic, relational environments shaped by history, discourse, infrastructure, and everyday practices.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Preface: Time, Change and Continuity

Acknowledgements

Introduction: What is a Slum?

Research Aims and Objectives

Critique of the Slum Concept

Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology

Getting to Know the Field

Structure of this Book: Genealogies and Morphologies

Part 1 Genealogies: How Slums Became Slums

1 Territory and Community - Formation

'Organising' Nairobi: Infected Peripheries

Kibera and Korogocho: Heritage and Coercion

2 The Name - Assigning Meaning

Etymology: What Does 'Slum' Mean?

Toponymy and Ethnonyms

Production Through Naming

3 The Slum Brand - Creating Identity

Practising Slumism

Consumers

All‑Inclusive Slums

The Ambivalence of the Slum Brand

Part 2 Morphologies: Practising Slum Structures

4 The Habitat: Ownership and Infrastructure

Ownership: Who Owns the Slums?

Infrastructure: What Does a Slum Look Like and How Does it Function?

Perception of the Habitat: Toward Potential

5 Lasting (In)Stability: Ways of Getting By

Formal Work and Organising the Hustle

Stability Through the Distribution of Opportunities

Stability Through 'Brain Work', 'Underground Business', and Knowledge

Unconscious Routines and Ambivalent Freedom

The Main Goal - To be Part of the Structure

6 (Em)Power and (Dis)Empowerment: How Aid Turns Into Help

Local Actors and Their Micro‑Practices

Institutional 'Own' and 'Other'

Between Aid and Help - Trapped in the Future

7 (In)Security: Mob Justice and Community

The Status Quo of Slums: Discourse, State, and Security

Doxa of Mob Justice

Mob Justice in the Context of Everyday Life

Mob Justice as an Institution (Re)Producing Slums

Conclusion: Towards a Holistic Anthropology of the Slum.

Slums (Re)Produced

Slums: Durable Entities

Slums: What Comes Next?

Appendix 1: Commentary on Maps and Diagrams

Appendix 2: List of Cited Informants

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Chułek, Magdalena How a Slum Is (Re)Produced

ISBN:

9781040832158

9781003731771

OCLC:

1597385433

Publisher Number:

CIPO000393040