Flexibility in return,reconstruction and livelihoods in displaced villages in Casamance,Senegal |
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| Authors: | Martin Evans |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geography and Development Studies, University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ, UK |
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| Abstract: | The paper argues that livelihoods research in situations of violent conflict and its aftermath can contribute to geographical
understandings of flexibility. Such settings paradoxically demand greater flexibility from economic actors while imposing
new and sometimes severe constraints on them to exercise it. These constraints often have spatial aspects. The paper explores
these issues through research on return of the displaced in Casamance, Senegal. It analyses the dynamics of reoccupation and
exploitation by villagers of their former habitable and agricultural spaces amid improving but still problematic security
conditions. Flexibility is most visible in the new settlement forms adopted in villages undergoing reconstruction, mainly
reflecting security issues. It is also evident in shifting patterns of economic activity and the reconfiguration of local
political space. However, such flexibility transcends the situation under study and has long been described in livelihoods
research across the developing world, albeit in other terms. |
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