Ne pas dépasser la ligne !
8 January 2016
Authors : Tim Cresswell, Mikaël Lemarchand, Géraldine Lay
Keywords : Comparative studies, Border, Identity, inégalité, politique
Post Petroleum
13 November 2014
Oil is fundamental to life in contemporary societies. And yet, reserves will be depleted within a few decades. What impact will this have on the way we live and move in the future?
In this original book-object, John Urry imagines what will become of ‘disconnected’ societies, by formulating four ‘post-oil’ scenarios.
Author : John Urry
Slices of (mobile) life
3 November 2014
So, you think all highly mobile people wear suits and ties, and rush about pulling suitcases on wheels? That high mobility is simply an affair of the rich and educated, a small handful of directors, sports figures and celebrities? What if you’re wrong?
What if your sister, brother, neighbours and colleagues were also highly mobile people?
Somewhere between a graphic novel, a sociological study and a political manifesto, Slices of Mobile Life shows the issues associated with a European phenomenon that is anything but anecdotal: work-related high mobility.
Author : Mobile Lives Forum
Rehabilitating the peri-urban
25 September 2013
Challenging conventional wisdom on the peri-urban, Rehabilitating the peri-urban offers unexpected insight and provides avenues for action, in order to live and move sustainably in peri-urban areas. This book offers an interpretation of the themes developed during the 2nd International Meetings of the Mobile Lives Forum, enhanced with numerous portfolios, drawings and interviews.
Author : Mobile Lives Forum
Mobile-Immobile
11 December 2012
While our rural forebears’ lives were centered around the village, we, without even thinking about it, lead a life of perpetual movement in and through space.
But will we still have the right to be mobile tomorrow ? Or will we be condemned to immobility due to oil shortages, the questioning of nuclear energy and the effects of global warming ?
