Alternative (Im)Mobilities

By introducing the new concept of alternative (im)mobilities, this collection draws attention to a different approach to mobility practices. In doing so, this ground-breaking volume explores a range of issues related related to (im)mobilities and the Covid-19 pandemic, transport and social practices, and media and urban tourism.

Autorentext

Maria Alice de Faria Nogueira is a Professor at the Escola de Comunicação Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ECO-UFRJ), Brazil. Her research focuses on the interconnections between (im)mobility, communication, advertising, and marketing. She is currently a member of two research groups, Mobilities, Theory, Topics and Methods (MTTM) and The Rhetoric of the Consumption (ReC).. She holds a Ph.D. Degree in History, Politics and Culture from the Centre for Research and Documentation of Contemporary History of Brazil (Cpdoc- FGV RJ), Brazil and a master's degree in Social Communication from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC Rio), Brazil.

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Introduction: Alternative (im)mobilities 1. When public health policies fail: Community management in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in Paraisópolis, São Paulo 2. An alternative for whom? Buenos Aires' school commuting and the "bicycle boom" in pandemic time *3. Cyclelogistics & uberization: Challenges and transformative actions to improve delivery cyclists' work conditions 4. Caring Cities: The urgent concerns after apparent immobility in southern cities 5. Gendered perspectives in mobility and safety in public transport. The case of motorcycle taxis (boda boda*) in Kisumu City, Kenya 6. Informal mobility in the Alemão Complex, Rio de Janeiro 7. Peripheries on the move: New urban grammars and epistemic disputes over center-periphery borders in São Paulo 8. Rearrangements and trajectories: Italian-Brazilian ice-cream parlor workers in Germany in Covid-19 times 9. Favela virtual tour: Alternative mobilities in favela tourism during Covid-19 pandemic 10. After the #stayhome, "live like a local": Towards alternative urban tourism mobilities?