The study of current mobilities of everything
(people, ideas, goods, capital, and images), the
social, cultural and political aspects of infrastructure
and mobilities, the sustainable workings of
mobility places and systems, and the historical
formation of mobility as an inseparable feature
of civilization, modernity, development, and
globalization. Topics to be covered include Mobilities
Theory; cities as interfaces and infrastructures;
inequalities across (im)mobilities; historical development
of transportation systems; global structures of mobilities;
airports, railways, and container ports; mutual
constitution of infrastructure, transportation, and
tourism; social, cultural and economic impacts of
sustainable transportation systems and hubs
over place-making and social relations.
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