Pacing Mobilities: Timing, Intensity, Tempo and Duration of Human Movements (Worlds in Motion, 8)

Turning the attention to the temporal as well as the more familiar spatial dimensions of mobility, this volume focuses on the momentum for and temporal composition of mobility, the rate at which people enact or deploy their movements as well as the conditions under which these moves are being marshalled, represented and contested. This is an anthropological exploration of temporality as a form of action, a process of actively modulating or responding to __how__ people are moving rather than the more usual focus in mobility studies on __where__ they are heading. Contents INTRODUCTION Why and How Does the Pacing of Mobilities Matter? CHAPTER 1 The Ambiguous Role of ‘Pacemakers’ in the Paradoxical Quest for a Proper Pace of Life CHAPTER 2 Finding a Satisfying Pace: Navigating the Social Contingencies of Sport Mobilities CHAPTER 3 Rhythm and Pace: The Diurnal Aspects of Leisure Mobilities on the UK Canals and Rivers CHAPTER 4 ‘Time to Hit the Road’ Understanding Living on the Road through Shifts in Thinking about Time CHAPTER 5 ‘We Must Stay for the Exams!’ Pacing Mobilities among Lifestyle Migrant Families in Goa, India CHAPTER 6 European Corporate Migrants in Chinese Metropolises and the Pacing of Family Mobility CHAPTER 7 Leave/Remain: Brexit, Emotions and the Pacing of Mobility among the French in London CHAPTER 8 ‘In a Couple of Years (or Three or Four), I’ll Stop Travelling So Much’ The Challenges of Modulating Skilled Work Mobility EPILOGUE Pacing Mobilized Index "Turning the attention to the temporal as well as the more familiar spatial dimensions of mobility, this volume focuses on the momentum for and temporal composition of mobility, the rate at which people enact or deploy their movements as well as the conditions under which these moves are being marshalled, represented and contested. This is an anthropological exploration of temporality as a form of action, a process of actively modulating or responding to how people are moving rather than the more usual focus in mobility studies on where they are heading"-- Provided by publisher