Health-related Mobility and Tourism in the Republic of Maldives

This medical-anthropological project investigates the organization and interaction of two forms of mobility listed by John Urry as essential in the contemporary globalized world.

Drawing on insights from mobility studies, island studies and ocean studies, mobility and connectivity are considered as creative reactions to restrictions, limitations and remoteness – the outstanding features of island communities.

The project is associated with the Max Planck Fellow Group "Connectivity in Motion: Port Cities of the Indian Ocean" of MPI Fellow Burkhard Schnepel, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale).

Project leader:
Eva-Maria Knoll

Duration:
01.10.2014-

Funding:
core-funding