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Mobilities, mobile work and habitation: truck drivers and the crisis in occupational auto-mobility in the UK

Gregson, Nicky

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This paper examines the relation between mobilities and mobile work through a focus on occupational auto-mobility and habitation. Drawing on qualitative research conducted on truck drivers/driving in South-east England, it shows habitation emerges when driving stops; that it is cab-based dwelling-in-transit and nomadic dwelling rooted in and bounded by the material culture of the cab; and that it is displaced to the margins and interstices of the road and logistical network. The paper highlights the discomfort of cab-based habitation and its limits, in sanitation, and examines how recent developments at distribution centres intensify discomfort by denying cab-based habitation. These developments recast the relation of occupational auto-mobility and habitation through transient dwelling and are key to understanding the current crisis in labour supply in truck driving.

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Gregson, N. (2018). Mobilities, mobile work and habitation: truck drivers and the crisis in occupational auto-mobility in the UK. Mobilities, 13(3), 291-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2017.1343987

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 4, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 27, 2017
Publication Date Jan 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 4, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 27, 2019
Journal Mobilities
Print ISSN 1745-0101
Electronic ISSN 1745-011X
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 13
Issue 3
Pages 291-307
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2017.1343987

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