Jockeys on Mechanical Donkeys

Modes of Alternative Transportation in an African Metropolis

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  • Liliana Huszthyová

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/12128112.3564

Klíčová slova:

globalization, transportation, creativity, adaptation

Abstrakt

On the example of transportation services this paper discusses the dynamics of present-day globalization processes in Khartoum, Sudan. Building on the dialectical relation between concepts of adaptation and creativity, the article aims to show how individuals display resilience, flexibility and determination to survive by ways of harnessing modernity for their own purposes. Rickshaws as newcomers to the transportation market in Sudan undergo a continuous process of appropriation and adaptation into the Sudanese context. The current article is an attempt to capture some of the notions that control the negotiated (dis)order for such traveling and globalized technologies.

Biografie autora

Liliana Huszthyová

is a PhD candidate at the Anthropology Department of the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. She is interested in globalization processes, human rights and anthropology and the anthropology of development. As the focus of her dissertation she is currently studying the indigenous representation of Sudanese Nubians.

Stahování

Publikováno

2011-07-01

Jak citovat

Huszthyová, L. (2011). Jockeys on Mechanical Donkeys: Modes of Alternative Transportation in an African Metropolis. Lidé města, 13(2), 261-276. https://doi.org/10.14712/12128112.3564

Číslo

Vol 13 No 2 (2011)

Sekce

Students’ Works

Licence

Creative Commons License

Tato práce je licencována pod Mezinárodní licencí Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0.