The techne of making a ferry: a non-representational approach to passengers’ gathering taskscapes

Phillip Vannini

Journal of Transport Geography, 2011, vol. 19, issue 5, 1031-1036

Abstract: Drawing upon ethnographic data collected in British Columbia’s ferry-dependent island and coastal communities, non-representational theory, and mobility studies literature this article examines the process of making, or catching, a ferry. Making a ferry is conceptualized as a form of gathering, and as a phase of the wider performance of travel by ferry boat. Gathering for a ferry sailing before its scheduled departure—data show—is a complex taskscape. Passengers keen on making a ferry employ reflexive, adaptive, orientation skills, weaving artful journeys to the ferry terminal in order to make a specific sailing. Analysis shows how passengers’ work is a creative performance.

Keywords: Mobilities; Ferry travel; Performance; Technology; Taskscapes; Non-representational theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.10.007

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