Mobile sociology1 |
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Authors: | John Urry |
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Institution: | Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster |
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Abstract: | This article seeks to develop a manifesto for a sociology concerned with the diverse mobilities of peoples, objects, images, information, and wastes; and of the complex interdependencies between, and social consequences of, such diverse mobilities. A number of key concepts relevant for such a sociology are elaborated: 'gamekeeping', networks, fluids, scapes, flows, complexity and iteration. The article concludes by suggesting that a 'global civil society' might constitute the social base of a sociology of mobilities as we move into the twenty-first century. |
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Keywords: | Mobility network society scape flow |
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