apodemics

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English

Noun

apodemics

  1. plural of apodemic

Noun

apodemics (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The art and science of methodical travel.
    • 2012, Sven Werkmeister, “Die Disziplinierung des Reisens. Zum Genre der wissenschaftlichen Reiseanleitungen”, in arcadia, volume 46, number 2, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 272–282:
      Apodemics is more than the art of travel – it is also a discipline. Starting in the 17th century, early apodemic treatises formulated codes of prevention and restriction regulating a traveler’s chosen journey – from the point of departure (“when,” “where to”) to the company he or she kept (“with whom”).
    • 2015, William Walters, “Migration, vehicles, and politics: Three theses on viapolitics”, in European Journal of Social Theory, volume 18, number 4, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 469–488:
      Apodemics was closely related to the emergence of ‘Statistiks’ in the Germanies, and to colonizing projects. One of its goals was to train the traveller to become a reliable observer who, when dispatched on long journeys to foreign lands in the service of the sovereign, could return with useful intelligence.