Modes of mobility: An interdisciplinary search for bodies in action

Authors

  • Martha G Bell Department of Anthropology & Archaeology University of Otago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11157/sites-vol9iss1id192

Keywords:

social interactionism, sociology of action, anthropology of the senses, embodiment, mobilities

Abstract

This paper explores the paradox of the promotion of access and inclusion through mobility for persons who experience different modes of mobility as their sensory experience of self in interaction. In this investigation, I focus on the interaction space and draw together the literatures on the sociology of the body, the sociology of action and the sociology of mobility with the aim of asking how the body in social anthropology is a moving body. I hope to illustrate the interdisciplinary connections between sociological and anthropological views of sensory embodiment, ritualised modes of mobility and cultures of movement.

Author Biography

  • Martha G Bell, Department of Anthropology & Archaeology University of Otago
    Martha Bell is a research sociologist at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her expertise is in the area of sociology of the body, physicality and embodied experience. She has a particular interest in dis/abilities and choices around modes of mobility.

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Published

09-07-2012

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2012)

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How to Cite

Modes of mobility: An interdisciplinary search for bodies in action. (2012). Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, 9(1), 133-158. https://doi.org/10.11157/sites-vol9iss1id192