Barry Brown
Driving and 'passengering': Notes on the ordinary organization of car travel
Brown, Barry; Laurier, Eric; Lorimer, Hayden; Jones, Owain; Juhlin, Oskar; Noble, Allyson; Perry, Mark; Pica, Daniele; Sormani, Philippe; Strebel, Ignaz; Swan, Laurel; Taylor, Alex; Watts, Laura; Weilenmann, Alexandra
Authors
Eric Laurier
Hayden Lorimer
Owain Jones
Oskar Juhlin
Allyson Noble
Mark Perry
Daniele Pica
Philippe Sormani
Ignaz Strebel
Laurel Swan
Alex Taylor
Laura Watts
Alexandra Weilenmann
Abstract
We spend ever-increasing periods of our lives travelling in cars, yet quite what it is we do while travelling, aside from driving the vehicle itself, is largely overlooked. Drawing on analyses of video records of a series of quite ordinary episodes of car travel, in this paper we begin to document what happens during car journeys. The material concentrates on situations where people are travelling together in order to examine how social units such as families or relationships such as colleagues or friends are re-assembled and re-organised in the small-scale spaces that are car interiors. Particular attention is paid to the forms of conversation occurring during car journeys and the manner in which they are complicated by seating and visibility arrangements. Finally, the paper touches upon the unusual form of hospitality which emerges in car-sharing.
Citation
Brown, B., Laurier, E., Lorimer, H., Jones, O., Juhlin, O., Noble, A., …Weilenmann, A. (2008). Driving and 'passengering': Notes on the ordinary organization of car travel. Mobilities, 3(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100701797273
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Mar 1, 2008 |
Journal | Mobilities |
Print ISSN | 1745-0101 |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-011X |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 1-23 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100701797273 |
Keywords | driving, passengers, interaction, car travel |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1017260 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450100701797273 |