URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7925-0
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Hönke, Jana ; Cuesta-Fernandez, Ivan:
Mobilising security and logistics through an African port: A controversies approach to infrastructure.
In: Mobilities.
Vol. 13
(2018)
Issue 2
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- pp. 246-260.
ISSN 1745-0101
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2017.1417774
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Abstract
Ports form part of the logistical infrastructure of the global economy. This article argues that both recent security and mobilities literatures are placing too much emphasis on supposedly all-encompassing global technologies to govern them. It uses a controversies approach to develop a greater sensitivity to the diversity in the global makings of mobility and security. By looking at the port of Dar es Salaam, it reveals how controversies result from variegated understandings of situated political economies and offer a unique window to reveal more diverse and contested landscapes than is suggested by the literature. Three controversies are analysed: (1) cargo security; (2) delays in dwell time; and (3) modernity ‘from scrap’ or ‘from scratch’ (Dar versus Bagamoyo).
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Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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Keywords: | Logistics; security; controversies; mobility; political economy |
DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa > Chair Sociology of Africa - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke |
Language: | English |
Originates at UBT: | No |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7925-0 |
Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2024 12:43 |
Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2024 12:43 |
URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7925 |