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Hönke, Jana ; Cuesta-Fernandez, Ivan:
A topolographical approach to infrastructure : Political topography, topology and the port of Dar es Salaam.
In: Environment and Planning D : Society and Space.
Vol. 35
(2017)
Issue 6
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- pp. 1076-1095.
ISSN 1472-3433
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775817707762
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Abstract
Economic infrastructure hubs, such as ports, are crucial sites for exploring new political geographies. In such environments, mobilities are enabled and rigidly channelled premised on the stasis of the port-as-checkpoint. Such nodes are part of an ever-growing political geography of zones that requires more attention. This article proposes a ‘topolographical’ approach – a combined heuristic drawing from political topography and topology – to comprehend more fully the transformations in the political geographies of large-scale infrastructures. The cardinal nature of the port of Dar es Salaam makes it a crucial site through which to illustrate the purchase of this framework. The topographical analysis puts forward the port of Dar as ‘archipelago of global territories’, within which heterogeneous actors claim graduated authority. Drawing on topology, the article shows what is folded into the port, constantly shaping not only who governs but, more importantly, how power and authority are exercised. It will be shown how imaginaries of the port - as gateway, seamless space, and modernity ‘from scratch’ - as much as new technological devices work to produce historically and geographically distinct political geographies, and indeed bring new ones into being.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Keywords: | Political topography; topology; method; infrastructure; ports; Africa; Tanzania |
| 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-7928-7 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2024 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2024 12:50 |
| URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7928 |
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