Radical mobilities

AC Davidson

doi:10.1177/0309132519899472

Radical mobilities

AC Davidson

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As mobility becomes a key concept within geography it needs to be considered what a radical approach to mobility means. Reviewing literature on mobilities from within transport, policy mobilities and migration studies, this article discusses three interpretations of radical mobility: scale or speed of changes required in mobility, critical approaches tracing mobilities and relations of power and approaches that question the ontology of mobility. Drawing on material and radical black feminist thought, I instead suggest a rhizomatic understanding of mobility as material-semiotic transformation of energy. This ontology shifts understandings of what just and sustainable mobilities can be.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-48
Number of pages	24
Journal	Progress in Human Geography
Volume	45
Issue number	1
Early online date	10 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519899472
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2021

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SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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