Aghamtao article republished in Déjà Lu!

We are delighted to share that the article by Zenta Nishio, “Between encroachment and governmentality: Trajectories of informality in the jeepney sector under modernization in Metro Manila”, originally published in AGHAMTAO in 2024, has been included in the latest issue of DÉJÀ LU - ISNN 2414-4444 DECIMOCUARTA EDICIÓN of the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) https://waunet.org/wcaa/dejalu/issue-14/#articles

Déjà Lu republishes selected articles from anthropology journals worldwide, offering them renewed visibility through the WCAA international networks.

AGHAMTAO EDITORIAL BOARD

"Zenta Nishio begins this collection by analysing the debilitating jeepney strikes of September 2019 and March 2023 in Metro Manila in response to the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization program set in motion since 2017 by the government with the catchphrase, “Tunay na Modernisasyon” [‘Real Modernization’]. Based on the concept of “informality”, first developed by economic anthropologist Keith Hart as a theoretical glue, he evaluates two contrasting positions taken by scholars on whether the agency of subordinate groups via “encroachment” can be assessed as truly autonomous from the power of the State. Compared to these standpoints, Nishio’s wishes to revitalise “the critical and creative potential” of “informality”. For him, the multi-layered strategies in evidence in the jeepney strikes and the solidarity of commuters with the March 2023 strike holds up “an opportunity to redefine urban transportation and society from the grassroots." - Editor's Notes by Yeoh Seng-Guan (Monash University Malaysia)

[In Spanish]

Nos complace anunciar que el artículo de Zenta Nishio, “Between encroachment and governmentality: Trajectories of informality in the jeepney sector under modernization in Metro Manila”, publicado originalmente en AGHAMTAO en 2024, ha sido incluido en el último número de DÉJÀ LU - ISNN 2414-4444 DECIMOCUARTA EDICIÓN del World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA): https://waunet.org/wcaa/dejalu/issue-14/#articles

Déjà Lu republica artículos seleccionados de revistas de antropología de todo el mundo, otorgándoles una renovada visibilidad a través de las redes internacionales del WCAA.

CONSEJO EDITORIAL DE AGHAMTAO