Automated Horizons by Anthony Elliott

Automated Horizons by Anthony Elliott

The digital revolution, especially the impact of artificial intelligence, has ushered in dramatic social change. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the domain of mobilities – spanning travel, transport and tourism. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of those changes, and an authoritative critique of current trends of development in social theory. The book ranges in a systematic way across the key intersections of mobilities and digital technologies today. Among the topics covered are the relationship of the digital revolution and transformations in movement and mobilities; the connections between AI and automated mobilities; cities, tourism, lifestyle migration and the politics of contemporary digital borders. The highly distinguished group of contributors include Mimi Sheller, Ole B. Jensen, Anthony Elliott, Hideki Endo, Thomas Birtchnell and Frauke Behrendt, as well as contributions from other leading Japanese, European and Australasian scholars.

Anthony Elliott is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Adelaide University, where he is Executive Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Digital Transformations. He is Super-Global Professor of Sociology (Visiting) at Keio University, Japan, and Visiting Professor of Sociology at UCD, Ireland. Professor Elliott is the author and editor of over 50 books, which have been translated or are forthcoming in over 17 languages. His most recent book is Algorithms of Anxiety: Fear in the Digital Age (2024).

Hideki Endo is Professor in the College of Letters at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He currently serves as Trustee of the Ritsumeikan Trust and Dean of the College of Letters. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Tourism Geographies and served on the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Tourism Research, an international academic journal of tourism studies. He has a wide range of research interests in the sociology of tourism and has published numerous books and research articles on various aspects of the sociology of tourism, including ‘authenticity in tourism,’ ‘the tourist gaze and performances,’ and ‘the relationships between tourism and media culture.’ His current research focuses on tourism mobilities, especially the relationships between tourism, mobilities, and the digital revolution.