Núcleo Disca

Disability and citizenship

Turnstile politics: practices of care and mobility justice in Santiago’s public transport system

Daniel Muñoz

Points of interest:

  • Public transport in Chile was designed without considering the different types of people’s bodies and how they move. This is seen in how people pass through the turnstiles of micros.
  • “Micro” is a way of naming public transport buses in Chile.
  • The author talks about the concept of “Mobility Justice.” This concept refers to how things surrounding people affect their mobility.
  • This study looks at how people deal with their problems with the use of tourniquets. We also observe the forms of care that people create in response to these problems.
  • This study mentions that the use of tourniquets in microphones is a mobility injustice. This is mentioned because the tourniquets make it difficult for people with different bodies to climb into the micro.
  • The author mentions that the use of tourniquets is a practice that excludes some passengers. These passengers create different ways of being able to get on the microphone and pass the turnstile. In addition, some passengers help each other to turn the turnstile or carry heavy bags that make it difficult to get through there.

Notes:

  • The following summary was made by Núcleo Milenio DISCA, and was based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations and references.
  • This article is not free of charge. Available for purchase at the following link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450101.2024.2380824
  • This article was originally published in English.

Muñoz, D. (2024). Turnstile politics: practices of care and mobility justice in Santiago’s public transport system. Mobilities, 20(4), pp. 662-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2024.2380824

https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2024.2380824