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This edited collection of essays on the conceptual, political and
philosophical importance of stillness is positioned within a world
that has increasingly come to be understood through the theoretical
and conceptual lens of movement. With contributions from leading
scholars in the field, the diversity of this collection illuminates
the multiplicity of ontological and epistemological registers
through which stillness moves: from human geography to media
studies, cultural theory to fine arts. With the help of luminaries
such as Deleuze, Bergson, Barthes and Beckett, this book
interweaves cutting-edge theoretical insight with empirical
illustrations which examine and traverse a multitude of practices,
spaces and events. In an era where stasis, slowness and passivity
are often held to be detrimental, this collection puts forward a
new set of political and ethical concerns which help us to come to
terms with, understand, and account for (im)mobile life. Stillness
in a Mobile World in an essential source of reference for both
undergraduate and post-graduate students working within disciplines
such as cultural studies, sociology, mobility studies, and human
geography.
This edited collection of essays on the conceptual, political and
philosophical importance of stillness is positioned within a world
that has increasingly come to be understood through the theoretical
and conceptual lens of movement. With contributions from leading
scholars in the field, the diversity of this collection illuminates
the multiplicity of ontological and epistemological registers
through which stillness moves: from human geography to media
studies, cultural theory to fine arts. With the help of luminaries
such as Deleuze, Bergson, Barthes and Beckett, this book
interweaves cutting-edge theoretical insight with empirical
illustrations which examine and traverse a multitude of practices,
spaces and events. In an era where stasis, slowness and passivity
are often held to be detrimental, this collection puts forward a
new set of political and ethical concerns which help us to come to
terms with, understand, and account for (im)mobile life. Stillness
in a Mobile World in an essential source of reference for both
undergraduate and post-graduate students working within disciplines
such as cultural studies, sociology, mobility studies, and human
geography.
Few sites are more symbolic of both the opportunities and
vulnerabilities of contemporary globalization than the
international airport. Politics at the Airport brings together
leading scholars to examine how airports both shape and are shaped
by current political, social, and economic conditions. Focusing on
the ways that airports have become securitized, the essays address
a wide range of practices and technologies-from architecture,
biometric identification, and CCTV systems to "no-fly lists" and
the privatization of border control-now being deployed to frame the
social sorting of safe and potentially dangerous travelers. This
provocative volume broadens our understanding of the connections
among power, space, bureaucracy, and migration while establishing
the airport as critical to the study of politics and global life.
Contributors: Peter Adey, Colin J. Bennett, Gillian Fuller,
Francisco R. Klauser, Gallya Lahav, David Lyon, Benjamin J. Muller,
Valerie November, Jean Ruegg.
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