Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction

This introductory chapter examines the complex relationship between colonial legacies and commercial aviation through the lens of national flagship airlines. Drawing on postcolonial frameworks and mobility studies, we analyze how airlines simultaneously reinforced and challenged colonial power struc...

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Autores: Vanspauwen, Bart, Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Aeromobilidad
Postcolonialidad
Turismo
Diplomacia cultural
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spelling Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An IntroductionVanspauwen, BartSánchez-Fuarros, IñigoAeromobilidadPostcolonialidadTurismoDiplomacia culturalThis introductory chapter examines the complex relationship between colonial legacies and commercial aviation through the lens of national flagship airlines. Drawing on postcolonial frameworks and mobility studies, we analyze how airlines simultaneously reinforced and challenged colonial power structures while mediating cultural transitions in the post-independence era. Through case studies spanning continents and disciplines, we identify three key dimensions: how aeromobility both perpetuated imperial practices and enabled decolonial aspirations; how airlines crafted national identities through corporate branding, blending nationalist symbolism with imperial aesthetics; and how carriers deployed “heritage” as a cultural tool to shape global tourism imaginaries. Using TAP Air Portugal as a primary example, we demonstrate how national airlines served as powerful cultural mediators, embodying the tensions between colonial nostalgia and postcolonial reimagining. The chapter contributes to emerging scholarship on postcolonial aeromobilities by revealing how airlines became critical sites for negotiating national identity, cultural representation, and colonial memory in the aftermath of empire.Peer reviewedRoutledgeTaylor & FrancisSánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo [0000-0003-1817-8352]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/otherhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/400750reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781003512325-1Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/4007502026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction
spellingShingle Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction
Vanspauwen, Bart
Aeromobilidad
Postcolonialidad
Turismo
Diplomacia cultural
title_short Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction
title_full Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction
title_fullStr Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction
title_full_unstemmed Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction
title_sort Navigating Postcolonial Aeromobilities: An Introduction
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Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo
author Vanspauwen, Bart
author_facet Vanspauwen, Bart
Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo
author_role author
author2 Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo [0000-0003-1817-8352]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Aeromobilidad
Postcolonialidad
Turismo
Diplomacia cultural
topic Aeromobilidad
Postcolonialidad
Turismo
Diplomacia cultural
description This introductory chapter examines the complex relationship between colonial legacies and commercial aviation through the lens of national flagship airlines. Drawing on postcolonial frameworks and mobility studies, we analyze how airlines simultaneously reinforced and challenged colonial power structures while mediating cultural transitions in the post-independence era. Through case studies spanning continents and disciplines, we identify three key dimensions: how aeromobility both perpetuated imperial practices and enabled decolonial aspirations; how airlines crafted national identities through corporate branding, blending nationalist symbolism with imperial aesthetics; and how carriers deployed “heritage” as a cultural tool to shape global tourism imaginaries. Using TAP Air Portugal as a primary example, we demonstrate how national airlines served as powerful cultural mediators, embodying the tensions between colonial nostalgia and postcolonial reimagining. The chapter contributes to emerging scholarship on postcolonial aeromobilities by revealing how airlines became critical sites for negotiating national identity, cultural representation, and colonial memory in the aftermath of empire.
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