A topolographical approach to infrastructure: political topography, topology and the port of Dar es Salaam
| Autor: | Hönke, Jana, Cuesta-Fernandez, Ivan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Internationale Beziehungen
Wirtschaft International relations Economics political topography topology internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik Wirtschaftspolitik International Relations International Politics Foreign Affairs Development Policy Economic Policy Afrika Tansania Wirtschaftsentwicklung Wirtschaftswachstum Handel Hafen Infrastruktur Logistik Globalisierung Africa Tanzania economic development (on national level) economic growth commerce harbor infrastructure logistics globalization 10500 39900 |
| Zdroj: | Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 35, 6, 1076-1095 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article |
| ISSN: | 1472-3433 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0263775817707762 |
| Popis: | Economic infrastructure hubs, such as ports, are crucial sites for exploring new political geographies. In such environments, mobilities are enabled and rigidly channelled premised on the stasis of the port-as-checkpoint. Such nodes are part of an ever-growing political geography of zones that requires more attention. This article proposes a 'topolographical' approach - a combined heuristic drawing from political topography and topology - to comprehend more fully the transformations in the political geographies of large-scale infrastructures. The cardinal nature of the port of Dar es Salaam makes it a crucial site through which to illustrate the purchase of this framework. The topographical analysis puts forward the port of Dar as archipelago of global territories, within which heterogeneous actors claim graduated authority. Drawing on topology, the article shows what is folded into the port, constantly shaping not only who governs but, more importantly, how power and authority are exercised. It will be shown how imaginaries of the port - as gateway, seamless space, and modernity 'from scratch' - as much as new technological devices work to produce historically and geographically distinct political geographies, and indeed bring new ones into being. |
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