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Title
Navigating the City Center: Young Street Hawkers in Algiers |
Full text
http://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2015.5.3523 |
Date
2015 |
Author(s)
Britta Elena Hecking |
Abstract
This paper explores the significance of navigating practices in the everyday life of young street hawkers in the peripheral urban areas of Algiers. The French expression naviguer (“navigating”) is used by young people in colloquial Arabic to describe practices of getting by and being on the move in outdoor urban spaces. By navigating the central spaces of the Algerian capital, young people resist social and spatial exclusion. Based on the results of research conducted at Martyrs Square between 2009 and 2012, this paper aims to scrutinize the “politics of navigating” and argues that navigating practices both preserve and challenge the status quo. |
Subject(s)
Urban Peripheries ; Street Politics ; Youth ; Algiers ; Focus ; Informality ; General history of Asia; Middle East; Urban Peripheries -- Street Politics -- Youth -- Algiers -- Focus -- Informality; ddc:956 |
Language
eng |
Publisher
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) |
Type of publication
doc-type:article |
Source
2196-629X; Middle East - Topics & Arguments Vol. 5 (2015) |
Repository
Marburg - Universitätsbibliothek Marburg
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