Encyclopedia of Mobilities
Will be published approx. on 11. June 2026
Book
Hardback
402 pages
978-1-80088-817-3 (ISBN)
Description
This Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamic and interdisciplinary field of mobilities. It offers a broad definition of the rich and varied approaches to understanding the uneven movement of people, things, animals, infrastructures and ideas.
Scholars, practitioners and activists from across the globe illustrate the differences and contradictions in this kaleidoscopically diverse field. Topics covered range from border crossings, gig economy delivery riders and the experience and perspective of those who move, to the policies and techniques which seek to govern mobility, and the ways those (im)mobilities might be resisted, or expressed in artistic and creative forms.
The Encyclopedia of Mobilities is an essential resource for students and academics of mobilities and movement across the social sciences, including human geography, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and politics as well as interdisciplinary fields such as urban studies, migration and border studies and transport studies. It is also a beneficial read for practitioners and activists involved in mobility and transport justice movements, migration and environmental advocacy.
Key Features:
Presents creative and critical approaches
Covers key topics in mobility across disciplines
Includes more than 150 clear and accessible entries
Scholars, practitioners and activists from across the globe illustrate the differences and contradictions in this kaleidoscopically diverse field. Topics covered range from border crossings, gig economy delivery riders and the experience and perspective of those who move, to the policies and techniques which seek to govern mobility, and the ways those (im)mobilities might be resisted, or expressed in artistic and creative forms.
The Encyclopedia of Mobilities is an essential resource for students and academics of mobilities and movement across the social sciences, including human geography, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and politics as well as interdisciplinary fields such as urban studies, migration and border studies and transport studies. It is also a beneficial read for practitioners and activists involved in mobility and transport justice movements, migration and environmental advocacy.
Key Features:
Presents creative and critical approaches
Covers key topics in mobility across disciplines
Includes more than 150 clear and accessible entries
Reviews / Votes
'The encyclopedic field of mobilities studies calls for an encyclopedia, of course! Turn this kaleidoscopic book and view the complexities, pleasures, and challenges of mobilities from every angle. Here you can find seafarers and jazz bands, maps and photography, wind farms and stone, footballers and coffee, feral plants and eviction. This thought-provoking format lets you dip into all the possibilities of wayward routing, serendipity and surprise around every bend. Reading itself becomes a method to mobilize your thoughts, guide your memory, and spark new ideas.' -- Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA 'This Encyclopedia is ample evidence of the full maturity of the mobilities turn in the humanities and social sciences. Linking everything from scuba diving to mobility justice, creative walking to waywardness, this mobilities masterpiece reveals the kaleidoscopic scope of what mobilities thinking has to offer.' -- Tim Cresswell, University of Edinburgh, UK 'This is a treasure trove: deeply serious and playful, analytical and imaginative, embracing surprising connections and experimental forms. With entries ranging from elephants to psychogeography, it invites readers to wander, think differently, and discover new pathways. More than a reference work, it is an aid to creative thinking - a book to dip into, get lost in, and return to for inspiration.' -- Bridget Anderson, University of Bristol, UK 'In the overwhelmingly interdisciplinary world of mobility studies and the contemporary proliferation of mobile figures, the Encyclopedia of Mobilities is an absolutely key resource for scholars to gather their bearings. Expertly edited and organized around a huge range of themes, it will no doubt be a citational way-marker for many years to come.' -- Thomas Nail, University of Denver, USAMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80088-817-3 (9781800888173)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Peter Adey, Professor, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia, Weiqiang Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and Kaya Barry, Senior Lecturer, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Australia
Content
Contents
PART I? INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Mobilities 2
Peter Adey, Kaya Barry and Weiqiang Lin
PART II? THEORIES AND THEMES
1 Constellations of mobility 17
Tim Cresswell
2 Deaf 19
Annelies Kusters
3 Decolonial 22
Maryam S. Griffin
4 Empire 25
Peter Merriman
5 Gender 27
Anna Nikolaeva
6 Glocademia 30
Manuela Guilherme
7 Holocaust 32
Simone Gigliotti
8 Immobility 34
Noel B. Salazar
9 Indigenous mobilities 36
Carol Farbotko, Taukiei Kitara and Samid Suliman
10 Literature 38
Lynne Pearce
11 Megamobilities 40
Yogi Joseph
12 Mobile commoning 42
Mimi Sheller
13 Mobility justice 45
Mimi Sheller
14 Mobility transition 48
Govind Gopakumar
15 Motility 50
Doerte Weig
16 Non-representational 52
Candice P. Boyd
17 Petro(im)mobilities 54
Paddy Kinyera and Martin Doevenspeck
18 Readiness 56
Monika Buescher, Lara Salinas, David Lund, Alistair Kirkbride, Radka Newton,
Jekaterina Rindt and Katrina Petersen
19 Relationships 60
Lynne Pearce
20 Routing 62
Tim Cresswell
21 Ubiquity 64
Giuseppina Pellegrino
PART III? TRANSPORT WORLDS
22 Aircraft 67
Lucy Budd
23 Airmindedness (in China) 69
Jie Zhang
24 Autonomobility 71
Noel Cass and Katharina Manderscheid
25 Autonomous vehicles 73
Sam Hind
26 Bus bodies 75
Michele Lobo
27 Bus stop 77
Giada Peterle
28 Car sharing 80
Brendan Doody
29 Collective taxis 82
Elizabeth Challinor
30 Cycling 84
Malene Freudendal-Pedersen
31 Imperium 86
Jinhyoung Lee
32 Last mile 88
Apoorva Rathod
33 Low cost carriers 90
Kathy Burrell
34 Militarized tourism 92
Debbie Lisle
35 Mobility scooters 95
Thomas Birtchnell, Theresa Harada and Gordon Waitt
36 Rail space 97
Dylan Brady
37 Road construction 100
David Butz and Nancy Cook
38 Run-commuting 102
Simon Cook
39 Shipbreaking 104
Chris Boyne
40 Tramlines 107
Aleksandra Ianchenko
PART IV? MOBILE SUBJECTS
41 Backpackers 110
Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto
42 Children 112
Susana Cortes-Morales
43 Children's mobility 114
Fernanda Mueller and Emilene Leite de Sousa
44 Commuters 117
David Bissell
45 Digital nomads 119
Olga Hannonen
46 FIFO - Fly-in/fly-out 121
Gertrude Saxinger
47 Footballers 124
Christian Ungruhe
48 Gig economy riders 126
Adam Badger
49 Hitchhiker 128
Michael O'Regan and Patrick Laviolette
50 Jazz bands 130
Andrew Berish
51 Kawesqar 132
Jose Barrena
52 Marathon runner 134
Jonas Larsen
53 Neighbour 136
Ari Jerrems
54 Passengers 138
Jean-Baptiste Fretigny
55 Perambulator 141
Clare Qualmann
56 Pod Man 143
Emma Quilty
57 Prisoner 144
Jennifer Turner
58 Roma 146
Huub van Baar
59 Seafarers 148
Maria Borovnik
60 Seasonal workers 150
Kirstie Petrou and Catherine Bryan
61 Singer 152
Norbert Meyn
62 Student mobility 154
Laura Prazeres
63 Surfer 156
Jon Anderson
64 Truck drivers 158
Nicky Gregson
65 Un/travelability 160
Laura Sjoberg
PART V? NONHUMANS AND THINGS
66 AIDS 163
Katie Maher
67 Balls 165
Ignacio Fradejas-Garcia
68 Bench 167
Ole B. Jensen
69 Border cards 170
Dan Fisher
70 Coffee 172
Franz Buhr
71 Dogs travelling 174
Jennifer L. Kent and Corinne Mulley
72 Driver monitoring systems 176
Brendan Doody
73 Drones 178
Julia M. Hildebrand
74 Elephant 180
Paul G. Keil
75 Face mask 182
Mohan Li, Lisheng Weng and Peter Adey
76 Fallen trees 184
Pia Johnson
77 Feral plants 186
Susana Cortes-Morales, Matteo Sartori and Sergio Elortegui
78 Guidebooks 189
Gareth Butler
79 Jacket 191
Jane Cameron
80 Money 195
Alexander Paulsson
81 Nuidori (stuffed toys) 197
Hideki Endo
82 Oxygen 199
Stephanie Sodero and Nimesh Dhungana
83 Panel block 201
Gregory Gan
84 Plants 203
Benjamin Cooke
85 Plastic materials 205
David O. Reynolds
86 Sediment 207
Lindsay Bremner
87 Stone 210
Tim Edensor
88 Storks 213
Frederike Middelhoff
89 Walls 216
Umut Ozguc
PART VI? AESTHETICS AND APPROACHES
90 Art 219
Jen Southern
91 Auto-aesthetics 221
Clare McCracken
92 Collage 223
Robert Lundberg
93 Creative walking 225
Morag Rose, Dee Heddon,
Clare Qualmann, Maggie O'Neill and Harry Wilson
94 Critical intercultural dialogue 228
Cristiano Gianolla
95 Design 230
Ditte Bendix Lanng and Ole B. Jensen
96 Follow the story 232
Hosna J. Shewly
97 Gaps 234
Sigrid Thomsen
98 Graphic narrative 236
Giada Peterle
99 Intangible cultural heritage 239
Lauren Istvandity
100 Listening 241
Michelle Duffy
101 Maps 244
Tania Rossetto and Andrea Pase
102 Migration cartographies 246
Laura Lo Presti
103 Mobile media 248
Max Schleser
104 Music 250
Florian Scheding
105 Performance 252
Catarina Sales Oliveira and Rosalina Costa
106 Photography 254
Tania Rossetto
107 Psychogeography 256
Morag Rose
108 Walking art 258
Morag Rose, Dee Heddon, Clare Qualmann,
Maggie O'Neill and Harry Wilson
PART VII? PLACES AND SPACES
109 Airbnb 261
Thiago Allis
110 Airways 264
Vicki Kerr
111 APOD (Alternative Place of Detention) 266
Kasun Ubayasiri
112 Backpacker hostels 268
Michael O'Regan
113 Cycles of country/place 270
Uncle Bud Marshall, Fabri Blacklock, Lara Daley and
Sarah Wright
114 Emergency shelters 274
Irit Katz
115 Escape routes 276
Valerie Ingham
116 Flyovers 278
Aya Nassar
117 Libraries 281
Misha Myers and Dee Heddon
118 Motel 284
Kaya Barry
119 Music in China 287
Adam Kielman
120 Public housing 289
David Kelly, Libby Porter and Priya Kunjan
121 Second home mobility 292
Olga Hannonen, Dieter Mueller and Kati Pitkaenen
122 Second-hand book market 294
Diti Bhattacharya
123 Vineyard 296
Christopher Howard
124 Wind farms 298
Sharon Wilson and Tom Mordue
PART VIII? CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
125 Climate mobilities 302
Laurie Parsons
126 Climate mobility justice 304
Andreas Neef
127 Environmental change 306
Daniela Paredes Grijalva
128 Nuclear 308
Becky Alexis-Martin
129 Pacific climate micromobilities 310
Andreas Neef, Anita LataiNiusulu, Masami Tsujita and
Renata Varea
130 Sustainable mobilities 312
Sven Kesselring and Sophie Urmetzer
131 Wind 316
Gareth Hoskins
PART IX? PRACTICES AND ACTS
132 Autonomous 319
Maryam S. Griffin
133 Busyness 322
Clare Holdsworth
134 Care 324
Karen Croucher and Rose Gilroy
135 Child protection practice 326
Tom Disney
136 Covid-19 tracing 328
Hwankyung Janet Lee
137 Dance 330
Michelle Duffy
138 Data returns 332
Julian Molina
139 Departure 334
Meleckidzedeck Khayesi
140 Difficult walking 336
Diti Bhattacharya
141 Domestic violence 338
Janet C. Bowstead
142 Evictions 340
Sarah Klosterkamp
143 Gender-based violence 343
Lesley Murray
144 Hyperactivity 345
Kai Syng Tan
145 Misyar marriage 348
Semra Akay
146 Mobile work 350
Elizabeth R. Straughan, David Bissell and Andrew Gorman-Murray
147 Mobility appropriation 352
Paulo Anciaes
148 Networked transnational families 354
Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto
149 Scuba diving 356
Weiqiang Lin
150 Sex trafficking 358
Jeni Lee
151 Social remittances 360
Rachael Diniega
PART I? INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Mobilities 2
Peter Adey, Kaya Barry and Weiqiang Lin
PART II? THEORIES AND THEMES
1 Constellations of mobility 17
Tim Cresswell
2 Deaf 19
Annelies Kusters
3 Decolonial 22
Maryam S. Griffin
4 Empire 25
Peter Merriman
5 Gender 27
Anna Nikolaeva
6 Glocademia 30
Manuela Guilherme
7 Holocaust 32
Simone Gigliotti
8 Immobility 34
Noel B. Salazar
9 Indigenous mobilities 36
Carol Farbotko, Taukiei Kitara and Samid Suliman
10 Literature 38
Lynne Pearce
11 Megamobilities 40
Yogi Joseph
12 Mobile commoning 42
Mimi Sheller
13 Mobility justice 45
Mimi Sheller
14 Mobility transition 48
Govind Gopakumar
15 Motility 50
Doerte Weig
16 Non-representational 52
Candice P. Boyd
17 Petro(im)mobilities 54
Paddy Kinyera and Martin Doevenspeck
18 Readiness 56
Monika Buescher, Lara Salinas, David Lund, Alistair Kirkbride, Radka Newton,
Jekaterina Rindt and Katrina Petersen
19 Relationships 60
Lynne Pearce
20 Routing 62
Tim Cresswell
21 Ubiquity 64
Giuseppina Pellegrino
PART III? TRANSPORT WORLDS
22 Aircraft 67
Lucy Budd
23 Airmindedness (in China) 69
Jie Zhang
24 Autonomobility 71
Noel Cass and Katharina Manderscheid
25 Autonomous vehicles 73
Sam Hind
26 Bus bodies 75
Michele Lobo
27 Bus stop 77
Giada Peterle
28 Car sharing 80
Brendan Doody
29 Collective taxis 82
Elizabeth Challinor
30 Cycling 84
Malene Freudendal-Pedersen
31 Imperium 86
Jinhyoung Lee
32 Last mile 88
Apoorva Rathod
33 Low cost carriers 90
Kathy Burrell
34 Militarized tourism 92
Debbie Lisle
35 Mobility scooters 95
Thomas Birtchnell, Theresa Harada and Gordon Waitt
36 Rail space 97
Dylan Brady
37 Road construction 100
David Butz and Nancy Cook
38 Run-commuting 102
Simon Cook
39 Shipbreaking 104
Chris Boyne
40 Tramlines 107
Aleksandra Ianchenko
PART IV? MOBILE SUBJECTS
41 Backpackers 110
Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto
42 Children 112
Susana Cortes-Morales
43 Children's mobility 114
Fernanda Mueller and Emilene Leite de Sousa
44 Commuters 117
David Bissell
45 Digital nomads 119
Olga Hannonen
46 FIFO - Fly-in/fly-out 121
Gertrude Saxinger
47 Footballers 124
Christian Ungruhe
48 Gig economy riders 126
Adam Badger
49 Hitchhiker 128
Michael O'Regan and Patrick Laviolette
50 Jazz bands 130
Andrew Berish
51 Kawesqar 132
Jose Barrena
52 Marathon runner 134
Jonas Larsen
53 Neighbour 136
Ari Jerrems
54 Passengers 138
Jean-Baptiste Fretigny
55 Perambulator 141
Clare Qualmann
56 Pod Man 143
Emma Quilty
57 Prisoner 144
Jennifer Turner
58 Roma 146
Huub van Baar
59 Seafarers 148
Maria Borovnik
60 Seasonal workers 150
Kirstie Petrou and Catherine Bryan
61 Singer 152
Norbert Meyn
62 Student mobility 154
Laura Prazeres
63 Surfer 156
Jon Anderson
64 Truck drivers 158
Nicky Gregson
65 Un/travelability 160
Laura Sjoberg
PART V? NONHUMANS AND THINGS
66 AIDS 163
Katie Maher
67 Balls 165
Ignacio Fradejas-Garcia
68 Bench 167
Ole B. Jensen
69 Border cards 170
Dan Fisher
70 Coffee 172
Franz Buhr
71 Dogs travelling 174
Jennifer L. Kent and Corinne Mulley
72 Driver monitoring systems 176
Brendan Doody
73 Drones 178
Julia M. Hildebrand
74 Elephant 180
Paul G. Keil
75 Face mask 182
Mohan Li, Lisheng Weng and Peter Adey
76 Fallen trees 184
Pia Johnson
77 Feral plants 186
Susana Cortes-Morales, Matteo Sartori and Sergio Elortegui
78 Guidebooks 189
Gareth Butler
79 Jacket 191
Jane Cameron
80 Money 195
Alexander Paulsson
81 Nuidori (stuffed toys) 197
Hideki Endo
82 Oxygen 199
Stephanie Sodero and Nimesh Dhungana
83 Panel block 201
Gregory Gan
84 Plants 203
Benjamin Cooke
85 Plastic materials 205
David O. Reynolds
86 Sediment 207
Lindsay Bremner
87 Stone 210
Tim Edensor
88 Storks 213
Frederike Middelhoff
89 Walls 216
Umut Ozguc
PART VI? AESTHETICS AND APPROACHES
90 Art 219
Jen Southern
91 Auto-aesthetics 221
Clare McCracken
92 Collage 223
Robert Lundberg
93 Creative walking 225
Morag Rose, Dee Heddon,
Clare Qualmann, Maggie O'Neill and Harry Wilson
94 Critical intercultural dialogue 228
Cristiano Gianolla
95 Design 230
Ditte Bendix Lanng and Ole B. Jensen
96 Follow the story 232
Hosna J. Shewly
97 Gaps 234
Sigrid Thomsen
98 Graphic narrative 236
Giada Peterle
99 Intangible cultural heritage 239
Lauren Istvandity
100 Listening 241
Michelle Duffy
101 Maps 244
Tania Rossetto and Andrea Pase
102 Migration cartographies 246
Laura Lo Presti
103 Mobile media 248
Max Schleser
104 Music 250
Florian Scheding
105 Performance 252
Catarina Sales Oliveira and Rosalina Costa
106 Photography 254
Tania Rossetto
107 Psychogeography 256
Morag Rose
108 Walking art 258
Morag Rose, Dee Heddon, Clare Qualmann,
Maggie O'Neill and Harry Wilson
PART VII? PLACES AND SPACES
109 Airbnb 261
Thiago Allis
110 Airways 264
Vicki Kerr
111 APOD (Alternative Place of Detention) 266
Kasun Ubayasiri
112 Backpacker hostels 268
Michael O'Regan
113 Cycles of country/place 270
Uncle Bud Marshall, Fabri Blacklock, Lara Daley and
Sarah Wright
114 Emergency shelters 274
Irit Katz
115 Escape routes 276
Valerie Ingham
116 Flyovers 278
Aya Nassar
117 Libraries 281
Misha Myers and Dee Heddon
118 Motel 284
Kaya Barry
119 Music in China 287
Adam Kielman
120 Public housing 289
David Kelly, Libby Porter and Priya Kunjan
121 Second home mobility 292
Olga Hannonen, Dieter Mueller and Kati Pitkaenen
122 Second-hand book market 294
Diti Bhattacharya
123 Vineyard 296
Christopher Howard
124 Wind farms 298
Sharon Wilson and Tom Mordue
PART VIII? CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
125 Climate mobilities 302
Laurie Parsons
126 Climate mobility justice 304
Andreas Neef
127 Environmental change 306
Daniela Paredes Grijalva
128 Nuclear 308
Becky Alexis-Martin
129 Pacific climate micromobilities 310
Andreas Neef, Anita LataiNiusulu, Masami Tsujita and
Renata Varea
130 Sustainable mobilities 312
Sven Kesselring and Sophie Urmetzer
131 Wind 316
Gareth Hoskins
PART IX? PRACTICES AND ACTS
132 Autonomous 319
Maryam S. Griffin
133 Busyness 322
Clare Holdsworth
134 Care 324
Karen Croucher and Rose Gilroy
135 Child protection practice 326
Tom Disney
136 Covid-19 tracing 328
Hwankyung Janet Lee
137 Dance 330
Michelle Duffy
138 Data returns 332
Julian Molina
139 Departure 334
Meleckidzedeck Khayesi
140 Difficult walking 336
Diti Bhattacharya
141 Domestic violence 338
Janet C. Bowstead
142 Evictions 340
Sarah Klosterkamp
143 Gender-based violence 343
Lesley Murray
144 Hyperactivity 345
Kai Syng Tan
145 Misyar marriage 348
Semra Akay
146 Mobile work 350
Elizabeth R. Straughan, David Bissell and Andrew Gorman-Murray
147 Mobility appropriation 352
Paulo Anciaes
148 Networked transnational families 354
Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto
149 Scuba diving 356
Weiqiang Lin
150 Sex trafficking 358
Jeni Lee
151 Social remittances 360
Rachael Diniega