Klandos and Jakartas. Informality and State in Two Mobility Systems in Lower Casamance, Senegal
[eng] This article presents and analyses a series of social processes by which both the unregulated shared taxi system — klandos — and the motorbike taxi system — jakartas — operate within the dynamics of movement in the historical and natural region of Lower Casamance (Senegal). Focusing on Ziguinc...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/226158 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/226158 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Antropologia urbana Transport urbà Espais públics Economia submergida Senegal Urban anthropology Urban transportation Public spaces Informal sector (Economics) |
| Sumario: | [eng] This article presents and analyses a series of social processes by which both the unregulated shared taxi system — klandos — and the motorbike taxi system — jakartas — operate within the dynamics of movement in the historical and natural region of Lower Casamance (Senegal). Focusing on Ziguinchor, the principal town, it looks in detail at the rationale behind these processes and opens up a critical discussion on the notion of “informality” as it is applied to urban African contexts. We examine both daily and ambivalent links between an apparently illegal public service and the state which tolerates, and even protects it, relying on it to meet the mobility needs of civil servants, while also subtly exercising control over it. |
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