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Parent-child mobility practices: revealing 'cracks' in the automobility system.
- Source :
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Mobilities . Dec2018, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p844-860. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Many commentators are concerned about automobility's ill-effects and seek a shift away from auto dependence towards more sustainable transport. Little research, however, considers the ways that parent-child mobilities are linked to such a transition. Through the lens of social practice theory, this paper explores how parents travelling with young children preserve and challenge automobility as they enact auto dependency, multimodality and altermobility. The paper argues that it is vital to understand these practices for identifying 'cracks' in automobility and the possibility of more sustainable and equitable daily mobilities. The research is based on qualitative parent interviews undertaken in Vancouver (British Columbia). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17450101
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Mobilities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133506753
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2018.1500103