I am the Dr. Caroline Fabianski that triggered this discussion: Thank you Ben de la Penas for acknowledging me and congratulation for putting together this text. In case anyone would be interested in knowing the original discussion and the point I made I am available on LinkedIn, please add me as a contact and DM me. Ben and I did chat already. A lot of love to all of you.
I must admit that the previous letter was heavy for me. Decolonization is just a strong word.... and I never even made the link with transport, but now after reading you it seems so obvious. Global north solutions... but I wonder if the industrial revolution and all that fueled the growth of those countries with free goods from colonies, and what would and could be our global south "just revolution"... how we decolonize something where still today (perhaps outside China and India) the north produces the engines ( the volvos, the mercedes, the GMs, fords) and the south uses them even after 20 years on the road,. It is about what jobs do we get of that global market, the innovation o merely the commercial one as consumers. And this is one thought of many - I can see how many people reacted to your letter, it is thought provoking!
I am thinking about how we humanize the jobs in the Global South without having to "formalize" them, following prescriptions from the capitalists, financial institutions, and having the informal economies be the recognized central economies as the facto they are! (P.S. dont know if I mentioned my grandfather was a colectivo driver and my mum drove a cargo mini van -- so do I come from the informal mobility jobs ;)
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I am the Dr. Caroline Fabianski that triggered this discussion: Thank you Ben de la Penas for acknowledging me and congratulation for putting together this text. In case anyone would be interested in knowing the original discussion and the point I made I am available on LinkedIn, please add me as a contact and DM me. Ben and I did chat already. A lot of love to all of you.
I must admit that the previous letter was heavy for me. Decolonization is just a strong word.... and I never even made the link with transport, but now after reading you it seems so obvious. Global north solutions... but I wonder if the industrial revolution and all that fueled the growth of those countries with free goods from colonies, and what would and could be our global south "just revolution"... how we decolonize something where still today (perhaps outside China and India) the north produces the engines ( the volvos, the mercedes, the GMs, fords) and the south uses them even after 20 years on the road,. It is about what jobs do we get of that global market, the innovation o merely the commercial one as consumers. And this is one thought of many - I can see how many people reacted to your letter, it is thought provoking!
I am thinking about how we humanize the jobs in the Global South without having to "formalize" them, following prescriptions from the capitalists, financial institutions, and having the informal economies be the recognized central economies as the facto they are! (P.S. dont know if I mentioned my grandfather was a colectivo driver and my mum drove a cargo mini van -- so do I come from the informal mobility jobs ;)