{"product_id":"being-together-in-mobility-flexible-kinship-and-conviviality-in-the-cape-town-cbd-paperback","title":"Being Together in Mobility: Flexible Kinship and Conviviality in the Cape Town CBD - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatsuri Nakamura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ethnographic study explores how diverse individuals encounter, interact, and share urban public space in the Cape Town CBD, specifically focusing on St. George's Mall. Using decolonial anthropological methods - including participant observation as a \"flexible shop assistant\" - the research investigates the complex relationships between people, products, and place. Nakamura characterises the street as a site of \"constant circulation\", where transnational and transregional mobility is a normal way of being. At the heart of this vibrant ecosystem is the concept of \"flexible kinship\", a practice where traders from various backgrounds form a \"family\" to survive economic precarity and navigate the daily anxieties of xenophobia. By embracing their \"incompleteness\", these street dwellers foster conviviality - an attitude of living together by balancing tensions rather than denying them. Ultimately, this work presents the urban street as a powerful metaphor for \"open-ended belonging\", offering a hopeful alternative to the exclusionary fortification often found in modern globalised cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Grounded in the concepts of circulation and conviviality, Nakamura's ethnography offers a profound look at how we share space in a complex world. By treating the urban street as both a physical site and a powerful metaphor, this work illuminates how the fundamental relations of identity and security are shaped on the ground.\" - Ignasio Malizani Jimu, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Malawi University of Science and Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nakamura's keen attention to the unfolding sociality of the street provides a vital map of compassion, hope, and care. In urban environments too often dismissed as postcolonial necropolises - defined by extraction and predation - this book offers a hopeful, open-ended vision of conviviality. For its celebration of these paradoxes and the vibrant promise of life on the street, this work deserves a wide readership.\" - Bj rn Enge Bertelsen, Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522475352371,"sku":"9789956004379","price":53.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/R3K4R2dfUb9789956004379.webp?v=1781973030","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/being-together-in-mobility-flexible-kinship-and-conviviality-in-the-cape-town-cbd-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}