Cities on the move: Navigating urban life

Knowles, Caroline

doi:10.1080/13604813.2011.568695

Cited by 36 publications

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“…However, over the last decade a number of researchers have begun to question the dominance of the concept of 'flow' by foregrounding cases that seem better described by other concept-metaphors. They argue that, from a globalisation perspective, mobility is mistakenly summarised as mere movement and that the meaning and experiences lived and produced by people in space as they move are discarded (Cresswell 2006;Ingold 2011;Knowles 2011;Lindquist 2008). As Ferguson (2006, 47) argues, the concepts of 'scapes' and 'flows' insufficiently reveal the trajectories of today's mobilities:…”

Section: Mobilities and Bordersmentioning

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Living in mobility: trajectories of Brazilians in Belgium and the UK

Schrooten

Salazar

Dias

2015

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Within the social sciences, migration has traditionally been conceived of as a unidirectional, purposeful and intentional process from one state of fixity (in the place of origin) to another (in the destination). By mapping the trajectories of Brazilians who currently reside in Belgium or the UK, this article draws attention to a group of people whose mobile practices do not fit this definition. On the contrary, their experiences are marked by an ongoing mobility that consists of a multiplicity of potential routes, which are often unstable and which may be accompanied by changes in status. These Brazilians tend to 'live in mobility' in order to improve the quality of life at home. As such, leaving home becomes a strategy of staying home, which challenges what is usually evoked by the concept of 'migration', whereby 'building up a new life elsewhere' and 'integration' are seen as key. Whereas our respondents themselves have a more circular or mobile perspective, the receiving society discursively frames migration as one-way, and thus as a 'threat' that calls for social integration, control and the maintenance of national identity. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Mobilities and Bordersmentioning

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Living in mobility: trajectories of Brazilians in Belgium and the UK

Schrooten

Salazar

Dias

2015

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…, 2006; Sheller and Urry, 2006; Urry, 2007). But those who have emphasized global flows have been criticized for neglecting the ‘short haul’ (Knowles, 2011). The importance of everyday, slower movement is inescapable when considering the lives of young homeless people.…”

Section: Young Homeless People and Mobilitymentioning

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Fixed in Mobility: Young Homeless People and the City

Jackson

2012

Int J Urban Regional Res

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This article argues that although the lives of young homeless people are characterized by high levels of mobility, when examined closely movement is also revealed as heavily restricted. While a network of agencies moves the young people around the city, the official borders of borough councils and the non‐official territories of young people feed into an experience of London as a series of exclusionary bounded areas. Within the accounts of the young people, mobility is talked of as a resource but also in terms of loss and dislocation. The article argues for going beyond the opposition of mobility/fixity in order to examine how some people become fixed in mobility. Résumé Même si la vie des jeunes sans‐abri se caractérise par une forte mobilité, tout mouvement, après examen approfondi, se révèle également très contraint. Alors qu’un réseau d’agences déplace les jeunes à travers la ville, les limites officielles des communes et les territoires informels des jeunes alimentent une expérience de Londres faite d’un ensemble de zones d’exclusion bien délimitées. Dans les récits des jeunes, la mobilité est traitée comme une ressource, mais aussi en termes de perte et de rupture géographique. Il conviendrait de dépasser l’opposition entre mobilité et fixité pour examiner comment certains jeunes se retrouvent ‘figés’ dans leur mobilité.

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“…Walking can create conditions for social and visual research and is elemental in allowing the re-conception of spatial and social possibilities that may manifest in a landscape of controlled mobility (Fennell et al 2009, Edensor 2010, Knowles 2011. Journeys made within the city can reveal or hide societal differences, hidden maps and boundaries within the Emirate challenge what constitutes segregation, opening up new lines of critical enquiry.…”

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Always let the road decide: South Asian labourers along the highways of Dubai, UAE: a photographic essay

Kendall

2012

South Asian Diaspora

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Cities on the move: Navigating urban life

Cited by 36 publications

References 11 publications

Living in mobility: trajectories of Brazilians in Belgium and the UK

Living in mobility: trajectories of Brazilians in Belgium and the UK

Fixed in Mobility: Young Homeless People and the City

Always let the road decide: South Asian labourers along the highways of Dubai, UAE: a photographic essay

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