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Mobility

Glăveanu, Vlad Petre orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6029-6718 (2023) Mobility. In: Glăveanu, Vlad Petre, (ed.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 883-890. ISBN 978-3-030-90913-0

Abstract
This entry focuses on the relationship between mobility and possibility and postulates that movement – physical and psychological – underpins the possible and its exploration in individuals and in society. This basic argument is supported by a brief examination of objects and inventions on the move throughout prehistory, the circulation of ideas in past and present societies, the mobility of people within and between national boundaries, and the movements of the mind, expressed as episodes of daydreaming and imagination. In each case, potential and actualized forms of mobility support the expression of possibility-expanding phenomena such as creativity and innovation. But this relation is neither linear nor easy to unpack. Less mobile lives can be lived very creatively, just as constant travelling can be disempowering and reduce one’s agency. Final reflections are offered on the interplay between (im)possibility and (im)mobility and the way it shapes human existence.
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Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:movement; new mobilities; creativity; imagination; innovation; migration; diffusion
Subjects:Business > Innovation
Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Migration
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Research Institutes and Centres > Centre for Possibility Studies
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Official URL:https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-030-90...
Copyright Information:Author
ID Code:33122
Deposited On:18 Aug 2026 14:39 by Tam Nguyen . Last Modified 18 Aug 2026 14:39
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