Gina Porter, Kate Hampshire, Albert Abane

Gebundenes Buch

Young People's Daily Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Moving Young Lives

Beschreibung

This book explores the daily mobilities and immobilities of children and young people in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors draw on findings from rural and urban field research extending over many years, culminating in a 24-site study across three African countries: Ghana, Malawi, and South Africa. Wider reflections on gender, relationality, the politics of mobility, and field methodology frame the study. By bringing together diverse strands of a complex daily mobilities picture-from journeys for education, work, play/leisure and health, to associated experiences of different transport modes, road safety, and the virtual mobility now afforded by mobile phones-the book helps fill a knowledge gap with crucial significance for development policy and practice.

Autor

Gina Porter is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University, UK.   Co-authors are Kate Hampshire, Reader in Anthropology, Durham University, UK; Albert Abane, Professor of Geography, University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Alister Munthali, Director of the Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi; Elsbeth Robson, Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Hull, UK; Mac Mashiri,  Gwarajena TRD, Pretoria, South Africa.  

Produktdetails

• Anthropology, Change, and Development
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-45430-0
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781137454300
• ISBN-10: 113745430X
• Artikelnr.: 44372094

Rezensionen

"The main strength of this book is its ability to apply anthropological knowledge beyond its disciplinary boundaries to discuss it in more applied ways that will be useful for development practitioners. This is not an easy task and one that anthropologists often shy away from. Hence, this book makes for a fascinating read by stretching our understanding of how such social experiences can be understood through a policy and programmatic lens." (Shannon Philip, Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 18 (03), 2018)