Les Indiens d’Antananarivo, des citadins comme les autres ?

The Indians of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, form a highly visible and identified heterogeneous minority group in the city. Yet they have never been studied in social and cultural geography perspective. Descendants of a migratory movement that developed in a colonial Indian-oceanic contex...

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Main Author: Catherine Fournet-Guérin
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Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2024-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/26609
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description The Indians of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, form a highly visible and identified heterogeneous minority group in the city. Yet they have never been studied in social and cultural geography perspective. Descendants of a migratory movement that developed in a colonial Indian-oceanic context, these people are fully integrated into the urban space where they contribute to urban dynamics and develop practices and representations similar to those of the well-to-do Malagasy population. However, precisely because of their dominant social position, Indians are characterised by mobility practices that are constrained by security concerns, and express a strong sense of spatial vulnerability. Their place in the city is constantly being renegotiated according to the political and economic context. Despite the denial of their urban identity by local society, their contribution to city life through various forms of expression is well documented. Finally, the Indians of Antananarivo seek a right to indifference and to be city dwellers like everyone else.
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title Les Indiens d’Antananarivo, des citadins comme les autres ?
title_full Les Indiens d’Antananarivo, des citadins comme les autres ?
title_fullStr Les Indiens d’Antananarivo, des citadins comme les autres ?
title_full_unstemmed Les Indiens d’Antananarivo, des citadins comme les autres ?
title_short Les Indiens d’Antananarivo, des citadins comme les autres ?
title_sort les indiens d antananarivo des citadins comme les autres
topic minority
visibility
Indian of Madagascar
Antananarivo
cityness
stigmatisation
url https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/26609
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