Conviviality in Bellville: An ethnography of space, place, mobility and being in urban South Africa
本书通过民族志方法研究南非开普敦贝尔维尔地区索马里移民的空间与地方体验，揭示共处概念的复杂表现，适合人类学、社会学及非洲移民研究者阅读。
This volume provides an ethnographic study of space and place, both physical and virtual, in the context of the varied experiences of mostly Somali migrants in Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa. The manner in which the book unravels complex, ambivalent, and multi-layered manifestations of conviviality is striking. It is written in a readable style and will make interesting reading for anthropologists, sociologists, social historians, and researchers on African migration. Although a remarkable success in many aspects, it is not without notable shortcomings. The book comprises five chapters. Chapter 1 defines Bellville's central business district (CBD) as both place and space, which tends to be ‘more accommodating to foreign migrants than other areas, such as township locations’ (p. 1) that are associated with xenophobic violence and violent crime. The Bellville CBD is presented as a social and political place where the imperatives of economic survival often promote disparate forms of conviviality. As a mobile space, Bellville has multiple meanings for authochthons and allochthons alike. The author demonstrates how an ethnographic study can play a critical methodological role in exploring conviviality, poignantly illustrating how such a study can help to unravel the various contours of conviviality in Bellville.