Abstract
In this paper, I draw on ethnographic research with Syrian cross border taxi drivers in developing an argument about how their mobility is a crucible of the interlocking relations between the production of masculinity and political economy during wartime. I propose that thinking with the Syrian cross-border taxi driver advances our theoretical approaches to the temporality of war and the conceptualization of warscape. In so doing, I challenge the unidirectional (out of Syria) notions of movement which have dominated our spatial understandings of the long conflict and which circulate around the figure of the refugee.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space |
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| State | Accepted/In press - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was made possible by a grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. For feedback on earlier drafts of this paper I thank Sarah Besky as well as the organizers and participants at the 2018 “Histories and Rhythms of Urban Violence” workshop at Erfurt University. I thank the two anonymous reviewers and the editor for their comments, suggestions and guidance. I am immensely grateful to the Syrian drivers who are the subject of this paper. To Wajdi and all of the others, thank you, and may your load be lifted.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
Keywords
- Labor
- militarism
- mobility
- Syria
- war
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Public Administration
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
