Mobility and the Affectivity of Home

• 발행기관: 건국대학교 모빌리티인문학 연구원, 건국대학교 아시아·디아스포라 연구소
• 저자명: Sunghee Choi
• 간행물 정보: 『International Journal of Diaspora&Cultural Criticism』Vol.15 No.1, 45~78쪽, 전체 34쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.02.28

국문 초록

This essay explores the evolving concept of home in connection with mobility, challenging its conventional association with fixity. As global mobility intensifies, those who leave their place of origin risk being labelled as “homeless,” reinforcing exclusionary frameworks. To rethink this dynamic, the essay employs the concept of affect, which foregrounds movement over static locations. Drawing on Penttinen and Kynsilehto’s Gender and Mobility, it examines two contrasting affective operations of mobility: “gendering,” which confines mobile individuals within heteronormative structures, and “queering,” which disrupts normative representations and embraces fluidity. Sara Ahmed’s notion of home as orientation further serves as a critical reference point, framing home as something actively shaped by movement. Through an analysis of Nomadland , this essay explores how home can be carried, adapted, and reconfigured rather than a fixed place. Ultimately, this essay critiques the traditional fixation on home as a static entity, revealing its capacity to exclude and marginalize those who do not conform to settled life. By reconsidering home through mobility and affect, this study opens up possibilities for imagining home beyond its conventional, territorialized constraints, aligning it with the lived experiences of people on the move.

목차

1. Introduction

2. The Sense of Home

3. The Home of “People on the Move”

4. Home in Nomadland

5. Conclusion

키워드

Home Mobility Affect Gendering Queering Nomadland