The Voice of the Youth
Thinking with young people: Transport experiences and aspirations in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Abstract
Young people are a significant demographic of future transport users. What they want for the future is what the future could become; or, if these ideas can be worked and reshaped then an alternative future could be brought into existence. Our approach to these questions is to understand the cultural frames in which young people think about themselves, each other and the future direction of travel of the world. We use an ‘anthropological’ frame to understand these issues, taking seriously young people’s understandings of and engagement with their lives and the world.
This document is a ‘think piece’ about transport and young people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. People who take decisions about transport planning and investment tend not to be young people. By virtue of their positions in society, transport planners can neither really understand nor act on the aspirations and compulsions of young people without careful research that engages sensitively with young people.
This is an output of the High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme
Citation
SOAS University of London. The Voice of the Youth: Thinking with young people: Transport experiences and aspirations in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. 2019. Available from: http://transport-links.com/download/the-voice-of-the-youth/
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