Journal article
Uneven Mobility Futures: A Foucauldian Approach
Mobilities, v 11(1), pp 15-31
01 Jan 2016
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Abstract
This assessment of past and future directions in mobility research calls for a Foucauldian approach to better understand the apparatus of uneven mobility illustrated via three examples: tourism mobilities and racialized space, geo-ecologies of elite secession, and disease mobilities and quarantine. Building upon an 'archaeological' and 'geneaological' study of territory, communication, and speed, this essay argues for both a deeper historicizing of mobility research in terms of colonial histories, political ecologies, and biopolitics, as well as a deeper excavation of the material resource bases of mobility in extractive industries, military power, and biomobilities of racial formation. Sovereign control over mobility, individual 'disciplined mobility' and counter-mobilities, and the surveillance, securitization, and production of knowledge about mobilities each emerge as fundamental elements for the future history of uneven mobilities.
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- Title
- Uneven Mobility Futures: A Foucauldian Approach
- Creators
- Mimi Sheller - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Mobilities, v 11(1), pp 15-31
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 17
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000370879800002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84957845664
- Other Identifier
- 991019167995604721
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