Description
In this presentation Dr Jensen will explore how residents in an informal settlement in Cape Town cope with multifaceted and contemporaneous forms of crises, including gang war, political protests, shack fires and xenophobic violence. Theoretically, the presentation contributes to recent debates about critical events and crisis. Empirically, it draws on ethnographic material collected in an informal settlement in Cape Town where the presence of different groups living distinct but entangled lives allows for a critical engagement with the concept of crisis as singular events.