Researching and representing mobilities : transdisciplinary encounters
edited by Lesley Murray, Sara Upstone
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- xi, 215 p. 24 cm.
"In an arguably increasingly mobile world, mobilities are represented in society in many ways. There is a growing awareness that these representations not only help us understand the complexities of social relations in space but also produce society and space. There is also an increased interest in the adoption of research methodologies that are distinctly mobile. Simultaneously, the contested nature of representation is reflected in current discussions around the capacity for the practices of the mobile and sensuous body to be represented, as some movements are considered non-representable.This book engages with these debates, and, by exploring representations of mobilities in government policy, literature, visual arts, music, and in research, it examines the methodological potential of representations and the ways in which they co-produce mobilities"--
9781137346650
2014019765
Spatial behavior--Social aspects Movement (Philosophy)--Social aspects Cultural geography SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General