Author
Balarabe, Muhammad Kabir, Şahin, Murat
Publication Date
2020-11
Publication Place
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Sage
Subject
Street vendors, Metaspace, Pedestrianisation, Rhythm, Movement, Resistance
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0021-9096
Record ID
6c9caed5-6357-4435-9d33-4f6a06fb9bd0
Library Location
Architecture
Date
2020-11
Sample Text
The street vendor's (SV) potential mobility in subverting authorities' hegemony over public space has been theorised within the contexts of urban informality and resistance. Discussions mainly revolve around movement tactics as resistance strategy while evading arrests and confiscations. This negates SV agency and limits understanding mobility in resistance. Using Bunschoten's metaspace and Cresswell's aspects of mobility, this paper employs semi-structured interviews with mobile SV, road users and pedestrians in Kano (Nigeria), to describe vendors' mobile practices and how they delay hostility from the state. Observing the interplay between vendors, users and environment, this paper identifies four types of vendor movement: focused, targeted, sporadic and self-regulatory; and examines how vendors exploit Cresswell's speed and rhythm in challenging formal urban practice hegemony through continuous operation. The paper also describes how vendors' movement affects other actors' mobilities. Finally, the paper discusses urban design implications for integrating SV within city plans, setting out potential proposals.
DOI
10.1177/0021909620905055
Cilt
55
