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Engaging, transcending and subverting dichotomies: Discursive dynamics of Maputo’s urban space

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  • Bjørn Enge Bertelsen

    (University of Bergen, Norway)

  • Inge Tvedten

    (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway)

  • Sandra Roque

    (COWI Mozambique, Mozambique)

Abstract

Historically, while cities such as Mozambique’s capital Maputo have been analysed as divided into ‘formal ‘and ‘informal’ spaces, contemporary approaches tend to emphasise the heterogeneity and plasticity of African urbanities. Drawing upon original ethnographic material gathered from fieldwork in 2012/2013, we reframe the analysis of such cities through recognition of novel forms of urban imaginaries, emergent narratively, that may take the shape of dichotomies or trichotomies reconfiguring hegemonic notions such as formal–informal, centre–periphery or urban–suburban. In conclusion, it is suggested that this citywide ongoing process highlights the importance of appreciating dynamic discursive engagements with urban space, which not only are at odds with hegemonic definitions of the city but also, crucially, impinge on people’s own urban strategies – in Maputo as well as elsewhere.

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  • Bjørn Enge Bertelsen & Inge Tvedten & Sandra Roque, 2014. "Engaging, transcending and subverting dichotomies: Discursive dynamics of Maputo’s urban space," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 51(13), pages 2752-2769, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:51:y:2014:i:13:p:2752-2769
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098013512872
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    1. Paul Jenkins, 2006. "Image of the City in Mozambique: Civilization, Parasite, Engine of Growth or Place of Opportunity?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Deborah Fahy Bryceson & Deborah Potts (ed.), African Urban Economies, chapter 4, pages 107-130, Palgrave Macmillan.
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    1. Jones, Sam & Tvedten, Inge, 2019. "What does it mean to be poor? Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in Mozambique," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 153-166.
    2. Sam Jones & Inge Tvedten, 2018. "What does it mean to be poor?: Investigating the qualitative–quantitative divide in Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series 75, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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