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Capitalism and collective action in the work of John Urry (I)

Javier Caletrío

16/07/2018

British sociologist John Urry is recognized as one of the most authoritative voices arguing for a ‘mobilities turn’ in the social sciences. Books such as Sociology Beyond Societies (2000), Mobilities (2007) and Mobile Lives (2010) are regarded as milestones in the development of the mobilities turn and widely cited in many fields. However, important aspects of his work on mobilities were prefigured earlier in discussions about collective action and the restructuring of capitalism. This and the…

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Braudel, a mobilities scholar avant la lettre?

Javier Caletrío

16/07/2018

Braudel has been cited but rarely used in mobilities literature, yet his work places movement at the heart of social, economic and political life.

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Displaced lives

Javier Caletrío

16/07/2018

Migration and displacement are often discussed in terms of abstract numbers. This powerful photo-essay by award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina speaks of individual human beings in search of a secure place.

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Mobile lives, screens and vision (I)

Javier Caletrío

16/07/2018

The use of vision, like the other senses, has evolved alongside technological changes. How much have histories of this affected current trends, and what may this tell us about posible futures?

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Christoph fink : objective information and subjective experience

Hanja Maksim

16/07/2018

“Touch time, touch space, touch experience…and we find ourselves surprised by the indescribable, the untouchable. A brief and intense moment of awareness.”

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JEAN-PIERRE MARTIN – L’EXCITATION FERROVIAIRE

Hanja Maksim

16/07/2018

Born in 1948, French writer Jean-Pierre Martin became a professor of contemporary literature at the University of Lyon 2, after literature studies that culminated in a thesis on Henri Michaux. Meanwhile, as he himself confides, he lived several lives, first as a student, then a left-wing proletarian and labor activist. Travel and jazz have also played an important role throughout the years. His extensive bibliography continues to grow at a steady pace. His most recent work, L'autre vie d'Orwell…

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