If mobility is everything then it is nothing: Towards a relational politics of (im)mobilities

This paper is concerned with conceptions of mobility and immobility. Although I argue that practically everything is mobile, for mobility to be analytically useful as a term we must focus on the contingent relations between movements. Building upon theories of mobility from geography, sociology, cultural studies and, in particular, Urry's 'mobility/moorings dialectic', the paper draws these ideas out using examples from the airport terminal. (A)

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• Authors:
  • ADEY, P
• Publication Date: 2006-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 75-94
• Serial:
  • Mobilities
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISSN: 1745-0101
  • EISSN: 1745-011X
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rmob20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airports; Communication; Communications; Mathematical analysis; Mobility; Policy; Technology
• ITRD Terms: 1258: Aircraft; 1037: Airport; 6471: Analysis (math); 9098: Communication; 9105: Mobility (pers); 173: Policy; 3855: Technology
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01027301
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 5 2006 12:31PM