@article{fdi:010072242,
  title = {{M}obility in pastoral societies of {N}orthern {M}ali : perspectives on social and political rationales},
  author = {{G}r{\'e}mont, {C}harles},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ince the 1980s, the so-called "nomadic" populations in the regions of {N}orthern {M}ali and {N}iger have embarked on an extensive process of settlement. {T}oday they mostly live in villages or "settlement sites". {B}ut, at the same time, individuals and small groups among these same populations have considerably enlarged their area of mobility and accelerated the rate and the value of the trade in which they engage. {T}hese two phenomena could, at first sight, appear contradictory. {B}ut the observation of empirical situations shows, rather, compatibilities, similarities even, between these two concomitant phenomena. {B}uilding on innovative debates conducted in geography and sociology, this article puts forward the hypothesis that the building of villages, as well as integration into military bases and barracks, proceeds from (social) rationales of mobility, just as much as transhumance, journeys, migration. {M}uch more than a simple displacement in space, the notion of mobility could describe an "art of doing", a way of being to others and to the world.},
  keywords = {{MALI} ; {NIGER}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}anadian {J}ournal of {A}frican {S}tudies = {R}evue {C}anadienne des {E}tudes {A}fricaines},
  volume = {48},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {29--40},
  ISSN = {0008-3968},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1080/00083968.2014.918322},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072242},
}