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Joos — Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships: Chapter Notes Chapter-by-Chapter Notes Introduction: "The House of Brunel Excellent"
Fieldwork site: Multiple — introduces Port-au-Prince, Gros Morne, Caracol
Core argument: Opens with Brunel Excellent, a young man from Gros Morne who migrated to Port-au-Prince after the earthquake chasing reconstruction jobs that never materialized. His story frames the book's central problem: post-earthquake Haiti produced not recovery but new disasters — industrial projects that displaced peasants, housing projects unfit for human life, and bulldozed neighborhoods. Joos introduces his key concepts: domicide (the destruction of dwellings as political exclusion), dwelling (a processual, dialectic relationship between people and their environments — more than shelter), and the book's spatial approach to citizenship.
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