Scholars from various disciplines have used key concepts to grasp mobilities, but as of yet, a working vocabulary of these has not been fully developed. Given this context and inspired in part by Raymond Williams’ Keywords (1976), this edited volume presents contributions that critically analyze mobility-related keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, immobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. Each chapter provides an historical context, a critical analysis of how the keyword has been used in relation to mobility, and a conclusion that proposes future usage or research.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Keywords of Mobility: A Critical Introduction
Noel B. Salazar
Chapter 1. Capital
Kiran Jayaram
Chapter 2. Cosmopolitanism
Malasree Neepa Acharya
Chapter 3. Freedom
Bartholomew Dean
Chapter 4. Gender
Alice Elliot
Chapter 5. Immobility
Nichola Khan
Chapter 6. Infrastructure
Mari Korpela
Chapter 7. Motility
Hege Høyer Leivestad
Chapter 8. Regime
Beth Baker-Cristales
Chapter 9. On the Ethnographic Engagement of Keywords
Brenda Chalfin
Chapter 10. Emergent and Potential Mobilities
Ellen R. Judd
Notes on Contributors
Index
About the author
Kiran Jayaram is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology at the Faculté d’Ethnologie (Université d’Etat d’Haïti) and an Assistant Professor at York College (CUNY). He has published several articles and a book chapter on migration, education, and political economy, based upon fieldwork among Haitians in urban Dominican Republic.
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