Where is 'The Field'?: Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

'The field' is an interesting concept. It only makes sense if we understand that there is also another place, which is 'not-the-field'. But the common use of 'the field' suggests that it is shorthand for power relations as well as geography. Of all the minor mysteries one might encounter in life, the question of ‘what type of toilet do you have?’ does not typically number among them. It is generally quite visible, for a start, be it a flush toilet, a pit latrine or just a bush out b

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