A01=Jutta Bakonyi
A01=Peter Chonka
Author_Jutta Bakonyi
Author_Peter Chonka
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Forced mobility
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- ISBN 9781529215229
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jan 2023
- Publisher: Bristol University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book explores relationships between war, displacement and city-making. Focusing on people seeking refuge in Somali cities after being forced to migrate by violence, environmental shocks or economic pressures, it highlights how these populations are actively transforming urban space.
Using first-hand testimonies and participatory photography by urban in-migrants, the book documents and analyses the micropolitics of urban camp management, evictions and gentrification, and the networked labour of displaced populations that underpins growing urban economies. Central throughout is a critical analysis of how the discursive figure of the ‘internally displaced person’ is co-produced by various actors. The book argues that this label exerts significant power in structuring socio-economic inequalities and the politics of group belonging within different Somali cities connected through protracted histories of conflict-related migration.
Jutta Bakonyi is Professor in Development and Conflict at Durham University. Peter Chonka is Lecturer in Global Digital Cultures at King’s College London.
