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Desperate passage: violent mobilities and the politics of discomfort

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This article addresses the ongoing debates on the politics of migration. In particular it investigates the turbulent mobilities of the ‘desperate passenger’ as a means to position the role of corporeal passage within this debate. It argues that forms of desperate passage differ markedly from other forms of corporeal mobility due to the limitations of choice. Given that undocumented migrants are ‘locked out’ of legitimated mobility networks, alternative forms of movement are often necessitated, in this case the infiltration of non-corporeal networks such as the underside of lorries. These acts of desperate mobility are used to discuss the inherent ‘violence of speed’ as outlined by Paul Virilio (2006a,b). In contrast to the protective, capsularised mobilities of legitimated passengers, it is suggested that the desperate passenger has to enact such violent mobilities in order to reach their destination.

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  • Martin, Craig, 2011. "Desperate passage: violent mobilities and the politics of discomfort," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 19(5), pages 1046-1052.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:19:y:2011:i:5:p:1046-1052
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.03.005
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    1. David Bissell, 2008. "Comfortable Bodies: Sedentary Affects," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 40(7), pages 1697-1712, July.
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    1. Lin, Weiqiang, 2014. "The politics of flying: aeromobile frictions in a mobile city," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 92-99.
    2. Bose, Pablo S., 2014. "Refugees in Vermont: mobility and acculturation in a new immigrant destination," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 151-159.
    3. Weiqiang Lin & Johan Lindquist & Biao Xiang & Brenda S. A. Yeoh, 2017. "Migration infrastructures and the production of migrant mobilities," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(2), pages 167-174, March.
    4. Frétigny, Jean-Baptiste & Lin, Weiqiang, 2021. "Changing geographies of the passenger: Heterogeneous subjects on the move," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).

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