Mobilities in Rural Africa
New Connections, New Challenges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3775573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Porter (0000-0002-3672-1534, Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00045608.2015.1100056 |
| OpenAlex | W2292888050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 18 |
Fluid interdependencies of mobility-physical and virtual-are growing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa: The remarkable expansion of mobile phone networks is bringing a tangible new dimension of connectivity into mobility, transport, and access equations on the ground. This article draws on in-depth field research, including co-investigation with two groups often disadvantaged in their physical mobility, youth and older people, to explicate some current African developments and their departure from prevailing Western-based conceptualizations of space-time interactions (regarding the potential for space-time flexibility and microcoordination afforded by mobile phones). Despite the fact that face-to-face interaction is often of great significance in Africa, when the value attached to personalized relationships is balanced against factors of widespread poverty and irregular, sometimes very dangerous transport, the potential for phone substitution appears greater than in many Western contexts. Better distance management through phone use could be particularly closely associated with populations with very low disposable incomes or those whose physical mobility is limited; for instance, by disability, infirmity, age, or gender
Appropriation · Dimension (graph theory · Disadvantaged · Face (sociological concept · Flexibility (engineering · Interdependence · Internet privacy · Mobile phone · Mobilities · Phone · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Telecommunications · Unintended consequences · Computer Science · ICT in Developing Communities · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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Connected' Presence
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |