What is it about?
Highlights the uses of cars as places to dwell for the homeless and holiday makers using Urry on dwelling
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Why is it important?
Those dwelling in a campervan for a fixed period have networks that they are linked in to giving them access to many conveniences and important connections. Having to live in a car means being disconnected from networks especially where there is an effort to exclude car dwellers.
Perspectives
I wanted to contrast the increasing numbers of those forced to live in cars with those choosing to holiday in a vehicle for a limited time and who have connections and networks they can rely on return to
Dr Sarah Redshaw
Charles Sturt University
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This page is a summary of: Mobile my spaces: Home in cars, working vehicles and contrasting dwelling for backpackers in campervans and homeless car sleepers, Edward Elgar Publishing,
DOI: 10.4337/9781786432933.00013.
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