Exploring the affective atmospheres of the threat of sexual violence in minibus taxis: the experiences of women commuters in South Africa

Jarred H. Martin

Mobilities, 2022, vol. 17, issue 3, 301-316

Abstract: Growing attention has been directed by South African commuter rights groups towards the incidence of sexual violence experienced by women when commuting in minibus taxis. Against this backdrop, data was collected through a series of unstructured individual interviews with 14 South African women. Putting to work the concept of affective atmosphere, findings revealed that the ways in which these women articulated the threat of sexual violence in minibus taxis was co-produced through shifting taxi↔commuters↔bodies assemblages which not only informed how the threat of sexual violence was experienced, but, also, how their own bodies, men’s bodies, and everyday commuting were negotiated.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2021.1942171

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