Transformative Travel in a Mobile World

Hardback
February 2016
9781780643991
More details
  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    10th February 2016
  • ISBN 9781780643991
  • Language English
  • Pages 296 pp.
  • Size 6.75" x 9.5"
$54.90

This book presents the re-theorization of travel and transformation. It explores the factors that influence the behaviors of a traveler, how these become entwined in experiences and how travel experiences continue on a traveler’s return. It uses the notion of transformation to redevelop the temporal and spatial boundaries of physical travel, develop a model for unpacking transformation and to look at new methods in the exploration of travel research.

"Transformative Travel in a Mobile World is a benchmark argument for our global and social mediated times. Garth Lean engages with old debates and provides new analytical constructs for the investigation of the possibilities of individual transformation through travel. With theoretical finesse and rich empirical case materials, Garth explores how travel and transformation is performed by drawing attention to the spatial, cultural, embodied, material and emotional dimensions."

Gordon Waitt, University of Wollongong, Australia

1. Mobilising Travel and Transformation
Story I – Nicole
2. Investigating Transformative Travel – A Mobile, Embodied and Sensual Approach
Story II – Andrew
3. Before
Story III – Tegan
4. Travels through Mobile Spaces, Places and Landscapes – A Sensual Essay
Story IV – Carita
5. During
Story V – Evelyn
6. After
7. Afterword: Transformative Travel in a Mobile World

Garth Lean

Garth Lean is at University of Western Sydney, Australia