Abstract This paper draws upon and seeks to extend accounts of systems of automobility through an examination of geographies of the motorcycle and motorcyclist – or what we term 'moto-mobilities'. We utilize the figure of the motorcycle to raise the importance of analysing alternative mobilities: to consider how they appeal to different travelling dispositions and emotions; how they have been represented; and how they have been produced, marketed and consumed. The paper first reflects upon the experiences and embodiment of the motorcycle-rider; second, evaluates representations of moto-mobility; and finally attends to the materiality of mobility via an examination of the economy of motorcycle qualities.

Philip Pinch

Suzanne Reimer

Mobilities

Mobilities examines both the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital, and information across the world, as well as more local processes of daily transportation, movement through public and private spaces, and the travel of material things in everyday life. Recent developments in transportation and communications infrastructures, along with new social and cultural practices of mobility, present new challenges for the coordination and governance of mobilities and for the protection of mobility rights and access. This has elicited many new research methods and theories relevant for understanding the connections between diverse mobilities and immobilities.

The journal Mobilities examines both the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital, and information across the world, as well as more localized processes of daily transportation, movement through public and private spaces, and the travel of material things in everyday life. Recent developments in transportation and communications infrastructures, along with new social and cultural practices of mobility, present new challenges for the coordination and governance of mobilities and for the protection of mobility rights and access. This has elicited many new research methods and theories relevant for understanding the connections between diverse mobilities and immobilities.

《Mobilities》期刊探讨了人、物体、资本和信息在全球范围内的大规模流动，以及日常交通、公共和私人空间的移动，以及日常生活中物质的旅行等更为本地化的过程。近年来，交通和通信基础设施的发展，以及新的社会和文化流动实践，给流动性协调和治理、流动权利和获取的保护带来了新的挑战。这些变化催生了许多新的研究方法和理论，帮助我们理解不同流动性与静止状态之间的联系。

Category	Quartile
社会学	2
社会学, 地理学	3
社会学, 交通运输	3

Moto-mobilities: Geographies of the Motorcycle and Motorcyclists

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