Entr’acte: Mobile Choreography and Sydney Rail Commuters
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2013
Subject Area
place - australasia, mode - rail, ridership - behaviour, ridership - commuting
Keywords
Mobile choreography, Commuting, Railways, Place ballet, CityRail
Abstract
The significance of the journey as a component of travel has been overlooked. The mobility turn has remedied this. There is now intense interest in mobility practices, in life on the move, and the cultures generated in vehicular environments. Though commuting is one of the most mundane, popular and ubiquitous forms of mobility, it is only beginning to receive the attention that is its due. In this paper, a mobile ethnography of commuting in Sydney is undertaken. It focuses particularly on the corporeality of commuting, on the territorialising and de-territorialising that occurs within crowded spaces of trains and on platforms during peak hours. It argues that passengers engage in complex ‘choreographies’ to avoid contact with one another.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Symes, C. (2013). Entr’acte: Mobile Choreography and Sydney Rail Commuters. Mobilities, Vol. 8, (4), pp 542-559.
