TASA Thursday: The production of counter-space: Informal labour, social networks and the production
About this event
Join us on Thursday 21st March 2024, for this month's TASA Thursday session which will be presented by guest speaker Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata. This session is titled "The production of counter-space: Informal labour, social networks and the production of urban space in Dhaka."
Access to public space for earning livelihoods is important for street vendors in global south cities. However, due to continuous population growth and the demand for lands by the real estate development sector, pressure on land is very high in the global south. Consequently, global south cities such as Dhaka provide ‘no place’ for its poor migrant citizens. Yet, the urban poor are able to appropriate public space for livelihoods. Drawing on a case study of Sattola slum in Dhaka, this article investigates how the urban poor access to public space for livelihoods and construct counter-spaces by breaking the planned order of the city.
This session will explore that the urban poor are able to construct counter-spaces with the tacit support of translocal social networks as well as with the support of a range of state and non-state powerful actors who are compromised by the benefits and profits they extract from vendors. Drawing on qualitative data generated through in-depth interviews with 94 informal workers and 37 key informants, this research contributes to urban sociology literature demonstrating that the urban poor are able to construct counter-spaces drawing on a range of everyday tactics and appropriating public space by quietly breaking the planned order of the city.
Event Details:
Date: Thursday 21st March 2024
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm (AEDT)
Format: Zoom Webinar
Cost: complimentary
Videoconference information will be provided in an email once registration is complete.
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Penny Toth
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