Not Exactly like the Phoenix-But Rising all the Same

Reconstructing Displaced Livelihoods in Post-Cleanup Harare

Bibliographic Data

ID4879280
AuthorsAmin Y Kamete (0000-0002-4937-0593, Bangor University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume30
Issue2
Pages243-261
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/d2408
OpenAlexW2114482724
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited44

Studies of displacement often emphasise massive physical dislocation. In this paper, based on a study of displaced youth in Harare, Zimbabwe, I argue for the freeing of the concept from 'physical uprooting' and build a case for focusing on in situ displacement and displaced livelihoods. I consider attempts by youth to reconstitute displaced livelihoods in the wake of 'cleansing' by the state. I scrutinise evolving recovery tactics in the face of determined efforts by the authorities to repress the 'filth', demonstrating that the youth's resistance comprises a myriad of spatialised recovery strategies for dealing with spatialised repression. I argue that it is the mutation of the youth's modes of operation that have enabled them to (re)contaminate and (re)subvert the 'purified' spaces

Archaeology · Displacement (psychology · Face (sociological concept · Geography · Internally displaced person · Livelihood · Phoenix · Political science · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Law · Psychology · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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