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They Told Us to Move: Dakota—Cassia

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Moving stories of displacement and resistance.

This book would be a great read for anyone interested in understanding the experiences and struggles of people who have been forced to move due to displacement. The authors use personal stories to explore the ways in which these communities resist displacement and assert their right to a place to call home. The unique feature of this book is the diverse stories and voices represented, making it a comprehensive and insightful read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

They Told Us to Move: Dakota—Cassia

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ISBN: 9789811400414
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2019-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, History, Sociology
Goodreads rating: 4.34
(rated by 122 readers)

Description

What happens when an entire community is moved? Dakota Crescent was one of Singapore's oldest public housing estates and a rental flat neighbourhood for low-income households. In 2016, its residents—many of whom are elderly—were relocated to Cassia Crescent to make way for redevelopment. To help them resettle, a group of volunteers came together and formed the Cassia Resettlement Team. They Told Us to Move tells the story of the relocation through interviews with the residents from the Dakota community and reflections by the volunteers. Accompanying these are essays by various academics on urban planning; gender and family; ageing, poverty, and social services; civil society and citizenship; and architectural heritage and place-making. Through this three-part conversation, the book explores human stories of devotion, expectation, and remembrance. It asks what we can achieve through voluntary action and how we can balance self-reliance and public services. This book is for people who want to understand the kind of society we are, and question what kind of society we want to be.
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Moving stories of displacement and resistance.

This book would be a great read for anyone interested in understanding the experiences and struggles of people who have been forced to move due to displacement. The authors use personal stories to explore the ways in which these communities resist displacement and assert their right to a place to call home. The unique feature of this book is the diverse stories and voices represented, making it a comprehensive and insightful read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.