Urban Residence

Christien Klaufus holds a Masters degree in Architecture and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology. Before joining CEDLA in 2008, she was a researcher at Delft University of Technology. Her research focuses on urban development, housing, architecture, and material culture. She has worked in Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and the Netherlands.

• List of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: Urban Living and ArchitectureChapter 1. Intermediate Andean CitiesChapter 2. Neighborhood DialecticsChapter 3. Habits in House BuildingChapter 4. Fashionable HomesChapter 5. Transformations in Cuencan ArchitectureChapter 6. Riobamba, Disordered CityChapter 7. The Ordinary CityAppendix: Ethnographic Urban ResearchGlossaryReferencesIndex

"This is a wonderful book..[The] inclusion of two contrasting population groups in two cities makes it an ambitious and challenging project, which in less competent hands could be problematic. But it is this breadth combined with depth which really gives the study its authority. The focus on intermediate cities is refreshing and the exploration of global networks and influences through international migration offers new insights and makes an important and contemporary contribution to the literature. This is outstanding interdisciplinary scholarship and ethnography at its best - a valuable addition to the literature on housing, poverty, urban studies and city planning as well as to the study of popular aesthetics, architecture, urban anthropology, and sociology." * Peter Kellett, University of Newcastle upon Tyne