Agentive motility meets structural viscosity: Australian families relocating in educational markets
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This paper will develop and illustrate a concept of institutional viscosity to balance the more agentive concept of motility with a theoretical account of structural conditions. The argument articulates with two bodies of work: Archer’s (2007, 2012) broad social theory of reflexivity as negotiating agency and social structures; and Urry’s (2007) sociology of mobility and mobility systems. It then illustrates the concept of viscosity as a variable (low to high viscosity) through two empirical studies conducted in the sociology of education that help demonstrate how degrees of viscosity interact with degrees of motility, and how this interaction can impact on motility over time. The first study explored how Australian Defence Force families cope with their children’s disrupted education given frequent forced relocations. The other study explored how middle class professionals relate to career and educational opportunities in rural and remote Queensland. These two life conditions have produced very different institutional practices to make relocations thinkable and doable, by variously constraining or enabling mobility. In turn, the degrees of viscosity mobile individuals meet with over time can erode or elevate their motility. |
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Taylor & Francis |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/67704/2/67704.pdf DOI:10.1080/17450101.2013.853951 Doherty, Catherine A. (2015) Agentive motility meets structural viscosity: Australian families relocating in educational markets. Mobilities, 10(2), pp. 249-267. http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP110100530 |
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Copyright 2014 Taylor and Francis This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article submitted for consideration in the Mobilities copyright Taylor & Francis; Mobilities is available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17450101.2013.853951 |
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Children & Youth Research Centre; School of Cultural & Professional Learning; Faculty of Education |
Palavras-Chave | #160806 Social Theory #160809 Sociology of Education #mobility #motility #viscosity #family #school markets |
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Journal Article |