Young People's Daily Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Moving Young Lives
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-45430-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4552 g

Reihe: Anthropology, Change, and Development

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Porter, Gina

Hampshire, Kate

Mashiri, Mac

Robson, Elsbeth

Abane, Albert

Munthali, Alister

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: children, young people and the ‘mobilities turn’ in sub-Saharan Africa.- 2. Identifying research gaps and building a field research methodology with young people.- 3. Experiencing the journey to school: rural and urban narratives.- 4. Balancing the load: mobility, work and income generation.- 5. Beyond the school and working day: building connections through play, leisure, worship and other social contact.- 6. Mobility and health: young people’s health-seeking behaviour and physical access to health services.- 7. Negotiating transport, travel and traffic, part 1: walking and cycling.- 8. Negotiating transport, travel and traffic, part 2: motor-mobility, traffic risk and road safety.- 9. Conclusion: Reflecting on theory and method, practice and policy.

Über Autor(innen)

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.