Editorial. Issue 2 (1st December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ponsavady, Stéphanie
• Is Part Of: Transfers. Volume 10:Issue 2/3(2020)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 3
• Publication Date: 2020-12-01
• Subjects: Transportation -- Social aspects -- Research -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Social aspects -- Research; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 303.483205
• DOI: 10.3167/TRANS.2020.10020301
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2045-4821

Abstract

Abstract : The publication timeline of the issues of volume 10 of Transfers has been informed by its own history and our now shared global history. Issue 10.1 commemorated the journal's 10th anniversary and sought to take stock of the past, point to future avenues, and react to the immediate present. Issue 10.2/3 is a double issue that moves the journal further into a new era. It both reaffirms our commitment to interdisciplinarity, diversity, and cutting-edge theorization and remains faithful to our engagement to question accepted histories, especially in the case of infrastructures, these seemingly perennial elements of our lived environment. Editing this journal remains a collaborative and interdisciplinary effort. As such, this double issue presents a collection of research articles on aeromobility, human-elephant relations, LGBT refugees in Germany, and mobility justice in Australia, followed by a special section on railways in Europe and Asia. In both parts of this issue, the articles weave together acts of authoring and reading mobility, by challenging our understanding of our field's accepted terms and concepts, developing their semantic richness, and asking of us to fully reflect on their meaning today.