Constellations of (in-)convenience: disentangling the assemblages of Canada's west coast island mobilities
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Authors
Vannini, Phillip
Issue Date
2011
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Article
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en_US
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Drawing from fieldwork conducted to examine the roles played by ferry mobilities in the lives of residents of ferry-dependent islands and coastal communities of British Columbia, Canada, this paper focuses on three elements of spatial mobility assemblages: motives, costs, and frictions. In doing so, this paper contributes to the growing literature on the politics of mobility constellations. Data shed light on the transformative, but contested, power of spatial mobilities. To analyze these dynamics the analysis builds upon Ingold's ideas on wayfaring to highlight how practices, representations, and experiences of ferry mobility exercise their transformative power.
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Vannini, P. (2011). Constellations of (in-)convenience: disentangling the assemblages of Canada's West Coast island mobilities. Social & Cultural Geography, 12(5), 471-492. doi:10.1080/14649365.2011.588803
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)