Is waiting part of mobility? What happens when we cycle or run through the city? What is digital mobile work? Are food items a component of human mobility? These are some of the questions addressed in the book "New Key Terms for Mobility Studies in Latin America," edited by Paola Jirón, Dhan Zunino, and Guillermo Giucci, and published by Teseo Editorial.
We wait for transportation, in traffic jams, to cross the street, or at a border. There is waiting involved in responding to a message, the arrival of a package, or the loading of a webpage. This is part of what the book "New Key Terms for Mobility Studies in Latin America" defines as "waiting."
This collective, multidisciplinary work, published by Editorial Teseo with support from the MOVYT Research Network on Mobilities and Territories, features contributions from researchers worldwide who focus on Latin American issues. The publication examines a broad spectrum of topics related to movement, challenging traditional ways of understanding transport and circulation. As editors Paola Jirón (University of Chile), Dhan Zunino (Argentina), and Guillermo Giucci (Uruguay) explain, "analyzing their relevance to daily life is a theoretical and empirical challenge that unfolds didactically across the twenty-two entries in this book."
