Fouquet Thomas. (2021). Dakar by night : engaging with a cosmopolitanism by contrast. In :
Lejeune C. (ed.), Pagès-El Karoui D. (ed.), Schmoll C. (ed.), Thiollet H. (ed.). Migration, urbanity and cosmopolitanism in a globalized world. Cham : Springer, 41-53. (IMISCOE Research Series). ISBN 978-3-030-67367-3.
Titre du document
Dakar by night : engaging with a cosmopolitanism by contrast
Année de publication
2021
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
Auteurs
Fouquet Thomas
In
Lejeune C. (ed.), Pagès-El Karoui D. (ed.), Schmoll C. (ed.), Thiollet H. (ed.) Migration, urbanity and cosmopolitanism in a globalized world
Source
Cham : Springer, 2021,
41-53 (IMISCOE Research Series). ISBN 978-3-030-67367-3
Drawing on 20 years of anthropological research in Dakar, this study aims at bringing to light some ways of being-in-town that organize towards desires for being-in-the-world. It relies on a simple and yet substantial premise: a very large number of urban Senegalese youths express a strong willingness to move North, or West, while only a small minority is able to achieve such an expectation. The questioning focuses on those who actually stay, but whose modes of sticking here are deeply influenced by their longings for a larger world. Such configurations can be understood through the concrete urban cosmopolitan experiences they convey, which rely on inherently relational terms, that is: being cosmopolitan "rather than...", citizen of the world "rather than...", and so on. This relative, relational and contrastive cosmopolitanism emerges in the wake of constant non-travelers' paths into the city, as compared to "frequent travelers" moving around the world. Empirically, these issues are addressed from the standpoint of the contrasted uses of urban temporalities, the nocturnal one in particular. The Dakar-by-night is thus engaged as a scene revealing the cosmopolitical dynamics that inhabit, cross or impregnate the metropolis.
Plan de classement
Urbanisation et sociétés urbaines [102]
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Société, développement social [106]
