How We Understand Aeromobility: Mapping the Evolution of a New Term in Mobility Studies

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ZUSKÁČOVÁ Veronika

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Transfers
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.3167/TRANS.2020.10020302
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/TRANS.2020.1002302
Keywords aeromobility; discourse analysis; lifestyle; mobility-system; mobility turn; norm; practices
Description Ever since the term “aeromobility” was first used in the early 2000s as a parallel to automobility, it has developed into a multilayered concept and even an individual field of research. Yet, the meanings ascribed to the terms “aeromobility,” “aeromobilities,” or “aeromobile” vary significantly depending on the scale, context, and approach of particular studies and their authors. Using elements of discourse analysis, the article explores these meanings across a wide range of academic publications and identifies four main discourses of aeromobility in mobility studies. These are the mobility-system, the norm, the embodied practice, and the lifestyle discourse. While synthesizing the different discourses, their contributions, biases and possible future routings, the article intends to inspire more abstract thinking about aeromobility and offers several suggestions to open it up as a concept with socio-cultural implications.
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