Living Translocality

Space, Culture and Economy in Contemporary Swahili Trade

By (author) Julia Verne

Book cover: Living Translocality

Extent: 274 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Earth & Life Sciences 

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2012)

ISBN: 9783515100946

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $81.00

In stock

Mobility not only challenges the everyday lives of millions of people, it also challenges scientific understandings of society, culture and space. Based on long-term mobile ethnographic research connecting Zanzibar, the Tanzanian mainland, Mombasa, Dubai and London, this volume takes up this challenge by exploring the translocal space emerging around contemporary Swahili trade. Examining translocality as a lived experience, the book succeeds in refining often overly abstract notions of mobile settings and relational space. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Dissertationspreis 2012 fuer Humangeographie, verliehen durch den Verband der Geographen an Deutschen Hochschulen (VGDH).

  • By (author) Julia Verne