COVID-19 and street traders in the City of uMhlathuze, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: On responses and adaptation mechanisms
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DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2021.2006392
Abstract: Abstract The paper analysed the response and adaptation strategies of informal street traders to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the City of uMhlathuze, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A total of 30 informal street traders were interviewed… read more here.
Keywords: street traders; street; umhlathuze kwazulu; city umhlathuze ... See more keywords
Negotiating access to contested urban spaces: Street traders’ resistance against exclusionary practices in Harare, Zimbabwe
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DOI: 10.1177/02637758251322343
Abstract: In Global South cities, urban space is highly contested between street traders and city authorities. In Harare, urban authorities respond to traders appropriating public spaces with penalties, harassment, and displacement, aiming to eliminate perceived nuisances… read more here.
Keywords: access contested; street; harare zimbabwe; street traders ... See more keywords
‘Shadowing the state’: Subaltern surveillance and the rhythms of everyday resistance
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DOI: 10.1177/20438206251398537
Abstract: This paper challenges and unsettles dominant discourses on spatial control by conceptualizing subaltern surveillance as an everyday counter-practice through which street traders negotiate access to contested spaces. While literature is loaded with state-centric perspectives on… read more here.
Keywords: subaltern surveillance; surveillance; street traders; everyday resistance ... See more keywords