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Modes and moods of mobility : tourists and commuters

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Summary, in English

What can we learn from comparing different modes and moods of travel, among, for example, tourists and commuters? This paper contrasts these two very different kinds of mobility, and the ways in which they organise both motion and emotion. It is not only a question about how people interact with various systems of transport, but also how materialities and affects work together. An important topic is the question of how people acquire travelling skills. How do they learn to be a tourist or a commuter, to handle a train ride, navigate a transit space, or interact with strangers?

A good reason to contrast commuters and tourists is also because they have often been studied within very different research paradigms. How can these different research traditions be put into a dialogue with each other, and help to develop methods for capturing the often elusive ways in which motion and emotion work together?

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

175-195

Publication/Series

Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research

Volume

7

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Linköping University Electronic Press

Topic

  • Ethnology

Keywords

  • tourism
  • commuting
  • mobility
  • affect
  • materiality
  • ethnography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2000-1525