Momentous Mobilities

Anthropological Musings on the Meanings of Travel
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-803-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 309 g

Reihe: Worlds in Motion

Grounded in scholarly analysis and personal reflection, and drawing on a multi-sited and multi-method research design, Momentous Mobilities disentangles the meanings attached to temporary travels and stays abroad and offers empirical evidence as well as novel theoretical arguments to develop an anthropology of mobility. Both focusing specifically on how various societies and cultures imagine and value boundary-crossing mobilities “elsewhere” and drawing heavily on his own European lifeworld, the author examines momentous travels abroad in the context of education, work, and spiritual quests and the search for a better quality of life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salazar, Noel B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Vered Amit

Preface

Introduction: Mapping Mobility

PART I: IMAGINING MOBILITY

Chapter 1. Chile: Traveling to and from the End of the World

Chapter 2. Indonesia: Merantau and Modernity

Chapter 3. Tanzania: The Maasai as Icons of Mobility

PART II: ENACTING MOBILITY

Chapter 4. Education: Leaving to Learn

Chapter 5. Labor: Capitalizing on Movement

Chapter 6. Life’s “Pilgrimage”: Travel, Travail, Transformation

Conclusion: Mobile Futures

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Salazar, Noel B.
Noel B. Salazar is Research Professor in Anthropology at the University of Leuven. He is the author of Envisioning Eden (Berghahn, 2010) and numerous journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes on the anthropology of mobility and travel. He is the founder of Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMore) and the EASA Anthropology and Mobility Network (AnthroMob).