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Mobilities and Human Possibility (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Mobilities and Human Possibility (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
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This book brings together mobilities and possibility studies by
arguing that the possible emerges in our experience in and through
acts of movement : physical, social and symbolic. The basic premise
that mobility begets possibility is supported with evidence
covering a wide range of geographic and temporal scales. First, in
relation to the evolution of our species and the considerable
impact of mobility on the emergence and spread of prehistoric
innovations; second, considering the circulation of people, things
and creative ideas throughout history; third, in view of migrations
that define an individual life course and its numerous
(im)possibilities; and fourth, in the 'inner', psychological
movements specific for our wandering - and wondering - minds.This
is not, however, a romantic account of how more mobility is always
better or leads to increased creativity and innovation. After all,
movement can fail in opening up new possibilities, and innovations
can cause harm or reduce our agency. And yet, at an ontological
level, the fact remains that it is only by moving from one position
to another that we develop novel perspectives on the world and find
alternative ways of acting and being. At this foundational level,
mobilities engender possibilities and the latter, in turn, fuel new
mobilities. This interplay, examined throughout the book, should be
of interest for researchers and practitioners working on mobility,
migration, creativity, innovation, cultural diffusion, life course
approaches and, more generally, on the possibilities embedded in
mobile lives.
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