DIY Detroit: Making Do in a City without Services.

摘要

Kimberley Kinder's book is a much-needed contribution to the literature on Detroit, specifically, and shrinking and declining cities more broadly. In a body of literature that too often ignores the day-to-day realities and lived experiences of urban decline, this book engages with Detroiters who are using their own time, money, expertise, and know-how to fill the voids in safety, municipal services, and development in a city that has failed to provide the basic necessities for urban life. The book chronicles in great detail different acts of self-provisioning as told through the lives and practices of people she has interviewed.