ans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves “workampers.” On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald’s vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others—including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May. In a secondhand vehicle she christens “Van Halen,” Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying Linda May and others from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable “Earthship” home, they have not given up hope.

Par un dialogue interdisciplinaire, elle visent à offrir une mise en perspective et des méthodes permettant aux personnes intéressées d'investiguer de leur propre chef. De la position citoyenne, l'ouvrage participe à l'élaboration d'une posture experte qui ne tient pas à des réponses toutes faites, mais à des manières de questionner la société contemporaine.

Le même jour pourtant, ces mêmes citoyens ont dit 'oui' à plus de mobilité, en plébiscitant un fond pour le développement du rail. Comment expliquer cette tension ? Au travers de la métaphore d'une Métropole Europa, Vincent Kaufmann et Ander Audikana nous offrent une approche sociologique de la question de la mobilité en Europe et en Suisse. Par une analyse innovante mêlant sociologie, géographie et politique, les relations entre la Suisse et l'Europe sont éclairées à la lumière de la mobilité et des transports, thématiques au cœur du projet européen. Comment aborder aujourd'hui la question de la mobilité ? Est-elle facteur d'intégration ou, au contraire, d'exclusion ?

. Dans quelle mesure la participation de ces nouveaux acteurs aux politiques de mobilité des villes transforme-t-elle le rôle des institutions publiques dans la gestion urbaine ? Ces systèmes de mobilité peuvent-ils répondre aux enjeux écologiques du XXIe siècle ? Quels sont les gagnants et les perdants de ces recompositions dans l’économie des transports, les institutions et les structures sociales urbaines ? Ces questions sont abordées à partir de l’analyse du développement récent des systèmes de vélos en libre-service et d’autopartage, en proposant une réflexion plus générale sur la place du capitalisme dans l’innovation en matière de mobilité et dans la fabrique de la ville. L’ouvrage permet de saisir les contours des nouvelles économies collaboratives en interrogeant la gouvernance « public-privé » des mobilités partagées.

Despite the accelerating societal relevance of ‘geomedia’ technologies for the production of various spaces, mobilities, and power-relations, and the unquestionable emergence of a vibrant research field that deals with questions pertaining to such topics, the term geomedia studies remains surprisingly unestablished. By addressing imperative questions about the implications of geomedia technologies for organizations, social groups and individuals (e.g. businesses profiting from geo-surveillance, refugees or migrants moving across national borders, or artists claiming their rights to public space) the book also aims to contribute to ongoing academic and societal debates in our increasingly mediatized world.

The author makes good use of new theoretical approaches in anthropology that focus on negotiation and creativity in situations of rapid change. The result is not only a welcome new book on post-war Cambodia but an important addition to the literature on women, migration, and labor in Southeast Asia and the world.” —Judy Ledgerwood, Northern Illinois University Khmer Women on the Move offers a fascinating ethnography of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh. Female migration and urban employment are rising, triggered by Cambodia’s transition from a closed socialist system to an open market economy. This book challenges the dominant views of these young rural women—that they are controlled by global economic forces and national development policies or trapped by restrictive customs and Cambodia’s tragic history. The author shows instead how these women shape and influence the processes of change taking place in present-day Cambodia. Based on field research among women working in the garment industry, prostitution, and street trading, the book explores the complex interplay between their experiences and actions, gender roles, and the broader historical context. The focus on women involved in different kinds of work allows new insight into women’s mobility, highlighting similarities and differences in working conditions and experiences. Young women’s ability to utilize networks of increasing size and complexity allows them to move into and between geographic and social spaces that extend far beyond the village context. Women’s mobility is further expressed in the flexible patterns of behavior that young rural women display when trying to fulfill their own “modern” aspirations along with their family obligations and cultural ideals.