In this paper, we show how communities in Northern Kenya proactively engage an unfolding megaproject and the temporalities it evokes—the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET). We argue that the latitude communities have in contending with megaprojects is broader and more dynamic than passive reception of or outright resistance against the futures promised. By introducing the concepts of entangling and fraying, we emphasise the agency communities create for themselves by appreciating their strategies and expressions of stabilising or troubling the “megaproject”. While entangling refers to practices through which communities attach additional features to an otherwise rather stable vision of its “meganess”, fraying, in contrast, describes the strands that splice off towards different spatio-temporal imaginaries. We discuss these practices in four instances of engaging LAPSSET: constructing temporary homes at project sites; engaging in land reform; disputing land acquisition at oil exploration sites; and contesting a planned resort city.

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大型项目的制作与取消：肯尼亚 LAPSSET 走廊沿线的时间性竞争

在本文中，我们展示了肯尼亚北部的社区如何积极参与一个正在展开的大型项目及其引发的时间性 - 南苏丹拉穆港埃塞俄比亚运输走廊 (LAPSSET)。我们认为，与被动接受或直接抵制承诺的未来相比，与大型项目抗争的纬度社区更广泛、更有活力。通过引入纠缠和磨损的概念，我们强调机构社区通过欣赏他们稳定或扰乱“大型项目”的策略和表达来为自己创造。纠缠是指社区通过这种做法将额外的特征附加到其“庞大”的其他相当稳定的愿景中，而磨损则相反，描述了向不同时空想象拼接的线索。我们在四个与 LAPSSET 合作的实例中讨论了这些做法：在项目现场建造临时房屋；从事土地改革；石油勘探场地的土地征用纠纷；并争夺一个计划中的度假城市。