Bibliograph

Geographies of mobilities, practices, spaces, subjects, edited by Tim Cresswell, University of London, UK, and Peter Merriman, Aberystwyth University, UK

Type

Label

Geographies of mobilities, practices, spaces, subjects, edited by Tim Cresswell, University of London, UK, and Peter Merriman, Aberystwyth University, UK

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Geographies of mobilities

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

edited by Tim Cresswell, University of London, UK, and Peter Merriman, Aberystwyth University, UK

Sub title

practices, spaces, subjects

Summary

This edited volume brings leading academics such as Nigel Thrift, Mike Crang, Gerry Pratt, Tim Edensor and John Urry to provide a revitalised 'geography of mobilities' informed by the wider 'mobility turn' adopted across the social sciences and humanities., Over the past fifteen years or so, there has been a widespread and increasing fascination with the theme of mobility across the social sciences and humanities. Of course, geographers have always had an interest in mobility, but as yet they have not viewed this in the same 'mobility turn' as in other disciplines where it has been used to critique the standard approaches to the subjects. This text brings together leading academics to provide a revitalised 'geography of mobilities' informed by this wider 'mobility turn'. It makes connections between the seemingly disparate sub-disciplinary worlds of migration, transport and tourism, suggesting that each has much to learn from each other through the ontological and epistemological concern for mobility

Target audience

specialized

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