POLITICS OF MOBILITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: RESEARCH PROGRESS AND FUTURE PROSPECT
CAI Xiao-mei1,2,3, LIU Si-cen1,2,3, WU Yong-qi2,3,4, XIANG feng1,2,3
1. School of Tourism Management, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China; 2. Provincial Key Laboratory of Cultural Space and Social Behavior, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; 3. Research Center for Ecological Conservation and Green Governance, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; 4. School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
Abstract：In the context of the new mobility paradigm,the politics of mobility has become a hotspot of human geography research in domestically and abroad. The politics of mobility refers to a pluralistic, dynamic and complex power relationship formed by mobile subjects in the process of mobility in different spaces in order to realize the control or resistance of mobility, and which has produced corresponding spatial results in many aspects such as economy, politics, culture and ecology. Based on this, the empirical study of the politics of mobility from the perspective of human geography mainly includes the mobility of the politics of mobility,the politics of the politics of mobility, and the spatial outcomes of the politics of mobility. The following are findings of the research: 1) It is the mobility the premise of the politics of mobility. In terms of crosstime and inter-scale,The motility and resources of the mobile subject will change over time and space, while the power relations between the mobility subjects are produced and reproduced in the process of interaction and interplay. 2) The politics, specifically referring to the control and resistance, is the core connotation of the politics of mobility. 3)The duality of the politics of mobility creates differentiated spatial results in economic, political, cultural and ecological aspects.
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CAI Xiao-mei, LIU Si-cen, WU Yong-qi, XIANG feng. POLITICS OF MOBILITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: RESEARCH PROGRESS AND FUTURE PROSPECT. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2025, 40(3): 1-9.
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