Time-space practices of care after a family death in urban Senegal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4976996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophia Bowlby (0000-0002-8333-3606, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK), Sophie Bowlby (University of Reading, corresponding author), Ruth Evans (0000-0002-4599-5270, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK), Jane Ribbens Mccarthy (0000-0002-2827-7453, Open University/University of Reading, Aylesbury), Joséphine Wouango (0000-0003-3606-5132, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bât. B31, Quartier Agora, Liège 1, Belgium) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1174-1192 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2021.1901978 |
| OpenAlex | W3147477501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 24 |
This paper contributes to studies of care practices and care ethics beyond the Minority world by analysing informal caringscapes after a family death in urban Senegal. Based on the findings of a qualitative study in the cities of Dakar and Kaolack, we explore exchanges of care by the living for the living in the period immediately following the death, and changes in these care practices over the longer term. We focus on mobilities and changing care roles in family lives over time. We demonstrate the central significance of family commitments and concern for the wellbeing of the ‘family’ in caring exchanges. We suggest that a deeply relational understanding of personhood as bound up with family and community underlies many current caring practices in urban Senegal and challenges current conceptualisations of care interdependencies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |