Mobility Blog Post

Writing is changed, altered and affected by many different factors. One particular way writing has changed is through the concept of mobility, or mobilization. The way that a text moves, or is spread throughout audiences and people, affects how it is interpreted and utilized. As words spread, they change with time and the people that encounter them. A work that is only read by a few people will be completely different than a work that is read by thousands. The concept of mobility is directly related and linked to the idea of circulation. I think this quote from the article is very interesting, it states: “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”  I think that this quote accurately shows the way that mobility affects writing and also knowledge. The more a person sees and the more they are open to, the more their writing and knowledge will expand and grow. Mobility and the movement of the writing, but also the writer itself has the ability to completely change the work. In my opinion, the more a person travels or moves around, the more they want to. The mobility of a work exponentially increases the future mobility of it. The author addresses how mobility and knowledge have evolved, and specifically how they have evolved together. Travel is often viewed as a path to knowledge, the more that someone travels, the more knowledge they have the potential to gain. I believe that the more a person travels or moves, the more people they connect to, thus the growth of mobility directly increases the growth of connectivity. Going off of this, one could also say that connectivity leads to collaboration, so mobility helps to increase collaboration, even though it may not be related directly. I think that many things help to evolve and transform the idea of writing, and one of the most important is mobility, even though it may not be the one most people think of first.