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Compulsory elements in daily personal mobilities

Les dimensions incontournables de la mobilité personnelle quotidienne
Authors: Kellerman, Aharon;

Compulsory elements in daily personal mobilities

Abstract

This article explores the nature of compulsory elements within daily mobilities that seemingly present freedom and personal autonomy, notably in the ability of individuals to choose among several mobility modes and technological vehicles for these movements. We argue that behind this supposedly 'free' look of these personal mobilities, some essential and rather compulsory motivations for mobility are hidden. Thus, these mobilities constitute sublimated activities that reflect primary intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for human mobility, notably the intrinsic needs for food and water and the extrinsic ones of proximity to people and curiosity satiation. The compulsory background of these mobilities might have potentially called for some preference by individuals for the more convenient virtual mobility that saves time, cost, and effort. However, most mobilities for commuting, social interaction, and grocery shopping are performed physically, whereas information searches are carried out online. People prefer physical touch for groceries and wish for face-to-face contact and social interaction at work. However, regarding information search, the virtual Internet is far more convenient than physically moving to information sources.

Keywords

Compulsory mobility; virtual mobility; commuting; social interaction; grocery shopping; information search, Geography (General), JV1-9480, G1-922, Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration, Mobilité obligatoire ; mobilité virtuelle ; déplacements domicile-travail ; interactions sociales ; courses ; recherche d'informations

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