apodemics

apodemics

1. plural of apodemic

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.