L’autonomie par la mobilité: Questionner l’idée de transition vers l’âge adulte

This text explores mobility practices in digital and physical space, and argues that they are closely linked to the acquisition of autonomy. The aim is to reflect on the central notion of “transition to adulthood” in the sociology of youth through the cultural exploration practices of mobility. Young people’s mobility practices give them access to worlds they are discovering. Understanding how these spaces of autonomy open up, and their effects on young people’s behavior, enables us to conceive of youth not as a transitional age between childhood and adulthood, but rather as an age when new worlds and new possibilities for action begin to open up.