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The sacred diesel: Infrastructures of transportation and religious representation in Manila

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Blanton,  Anderson
Religious Diversity, MPI for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Max Planck Society;

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http://www.mmg.mpg.de/publications/working-papers/2015/wp-15-10/
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Blanton, A. (2015). The sacred diesel: Infrastructures of transportation and religious representation in Manila. MMG Working Paper, (15-10).


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0029-1FE6-D
Abstract
This working paper describes a representational shift in the style and content of images that occurred upon the surface of the Jeepney, one of the most popular modes of public transport in the Southeast Asian megacity of Metro Manila. Through a focus on the pious visual culture of the crowded streets of Manila, the paper proposes a new way to describe and theorize paratransit, or informal modes of urban transportation. By examining the Jeepney and its religious images, the paper demonstrates how this form of paratransit has refashioned the urban landscape into a mobile network of miraculous appearances, communal prayers and divine blessings.