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SUMMARY:(P18AB) Contested Spaces and Circuits of Mobile Trade in Southeast Asia (1)
LOCATION:K14 | 2.05
DESCRIPTION:In this panel, we discuss the contested spaces and circuits of 
 mobile trade in (perishable) foodstuff, including fish, vegetables and frui
 t in Southeast Asia. All over Southeast Asia, mobile traders – often on mot
 orbikes – are a common sight. These traders link relatively remote and poor
  rural consumers to regional centres and sites of production, providing nec
 essities which are otherwise difficult to obtain to large parts of the popu
 lation. We aim to discuss – using a comparative perspective – the importanc
 e of this trade, both for the communities they serve, as for the traders th
 emselves.\n\nWe note that mobile traders are regular, efficient, predictabl
 e, and able to deliver on a daily or weekly basis. For millions of lower in
 come consumers, they provide fresh necessities at home. The mobile trader c
 ombines the extremely mobile with the static; the timely with the incidenta
 l; the perishable with freshness; and the ‘structural’ with freedom and ad 
 hoc household decisions. They are efficient brokers and petty entrepreneurs
 , make money as a trader, yet save costs for households. They are often ris
 k takers, providing goods on credit, are flexible in their portions and ope
 rate largely beyond state control.\n\nDespite these observations, we also n
 ote that mobile traders are often equated with tradition, and with economic
   backwardness, obscuring the importance of these traders in providing reli
 able access to basic foodstuff. There is a lack of studies into mobile food
  traders. Who are these traders, and what do they trade? How important are 
 they, for example, for\nthe nutritional security of rural poor? Moreover, h
 ow do they provide, with their mobile trade, in their livelihoods? How do t
 heir activities fit into imagined career trajectories, and how do trading f
 utures look like? Which regulatory frameworks are at stake, and how do trad
 ers navigate an ever-changing landscape of technological change, government
  regulations, quality controls, competition, taste, and social mobility?\n\
 nTogether, these questions make visible the sophisticated mechanisms underl
 ying mobile trade and the vital role petty trade plays in rural Southeast A
 sia. To address them, we aim at bringing together a number of scholars work
 ing on mobile food trade in Southeast Asia. We invite papers on mobile trad
 e and particularly on trade in (perishable) food, fish or fruit in all Sout
 heast Asian Regions. This workshop aims to publish a special issue journal 
 or edited volume.
URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/contested-spaces-and-circuits-of-mobile-trade-in-southeast-asia
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UID:euroseas-2021-contested-spaces-and-circuits-of-mobile-trade-in-southeast-asia-2
SUMMARY:(P18AB) Contested Spaces and Circuits of Mobile Trade in Southeast Asia (2)
LOCATION:K14 | 2.05
DESCRIPTION:In this panel, we discuss the contested spaces and circuits of 
 mobile trade in (perishable) foodstuff, including fish, vegetables and frui
 t in Southeast Asia. All over Southeast Asia, mobile traders – often on mot
 orbikes – are a common sight. These traders link relatively remote and poor
  rural consumers to regional centres and sites of production, providing nec
 essities which are otherwise difficult to obtain to large parts of the popu
 lation. We aim to discuss – using a comparative perspective – the importanc
 e of this trade, both for the communities they serve, as for the traders th
 emselves.\n\nWe note that mobile traders are regular, efficient, predictabl
 e, and able to deliver on a daily or weekly basis. For millions of lower in
 come consumers, they provide fresh necessities at home. The mobile trader c
 ombines the extremely mobile with the static; the timely with the incidenta
 l; the perishable with freshness; and the ‘structural’ with freedom and ad 
 hoc household decisions. They are efficient brokers and petty entrepreneurs
 , make money as a trader, yet save costs for households. They are often ris
 k takers, providing goods on credit, are flexible in their portions and ope
 rate largely beyond state control.\n\nDespite these observations, we also n
 ote that mobile traders are often equated with tradition, and with economic
   backwardness, obscuring the importance of these traders in providing reli
 able access to basic foodstuff. There is a lack of studies into mobile food
  traders. Who are these traders, and what do they trade? How important are 
 they, for example, for\nthe nutritional security of rural poor? Moreover, h
 ow do they provide, with their mobile trade, in their livelihoods? How do t
 heir activities fit into imagined career trajectories, and how do trading f
 utures look like? Which regulatory frameworks are at stake, and how do trad
 ers navigate an ever-changing landscape of technological change, government
  regulations, quality controls, competition, taste, and social mobility?\n\
 nTogether, these questions make visible the sophisticated mechanisms underl
 ying mobile trade and the vital role petty trade plays in rural Southeast A
 sia. To address them, we aim at bringing together a number of scholars work
 ing on mobile food trade in Southeast Asia. We invite papers on mobile trad
 e and particularly on trade in (perishable) food, fish or fruit in all Sout
 heast Asian Regions. This workshop aims to publish a special issue journal 
 or edited volume.
URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/contested-spaces-and-circuits-of-mobile-trade-in-southeast-asia
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