Eyjafjallajökull 4′33″: A Stillness in Three Parts

Martin, Daryl

doi:10.1080/17450101.2011.532656

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“…This stillness within the home, crucially, is not a fixed sedentary or immobile state (see Ratnam and Drozdzewski ( 2020 ) on indoor mobilities, for instance), but is an experience that opens up new movements and agencies. For example, Martin ( 2011 ) and Cocker ( 2009 ) have shown that moments of sudden stillness have the potential to open a space for individuals to reflect and (re)assess their role and patterns of personal functionings – if they choose to: ‘stillness presents a break or pause in the flow of habitual events, whilst illuminating temporal gaps and fissures within which alternative, even unexpected possibilities – for life – might emerge’ (Cocker, 2009 , p. 87).…”

Section: Prolonged Stillnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We, however, suggest an alternative relationship between the stillness and the notion of the withdrawn in a social setting: that stillness can facilitate a state of withdrawnness. For those who miss physical and/or face-to-face contact, the lockdowns led to unwanted withdrawnness: an often isolating aspect of stillness which is done resentfully and, usually, in opposition to individual choice (Gill, 2009 ; Martin, 2011 ). As such, stillness can be considered an unpleasurable experience and without meaningful mobility trajectories.…”

Section: Experiences Of Prolonged Stillness In Later Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

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‘We may be long in the tooth, but it makes us tough’: exploring stillness for older adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns

Osborne

Meijering

2021

Social & Cultural Geography

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Following the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 across the world in 2020, millions of people were reduced in their mobility to hinder the spread of the disease. The lockdown was particularly difficult for older adults, who were deemed 'vulnerable' because many felt unsafe leaving the house and often forced to self-isolate. In this paper, we interpret the lockdowns as a period of prolonged stillness: breaks from everyday practices, including withdrawnness, inefficiency, and retreat. We extend ideas of stillness by integrating the capability approach, which shows how the opportunities and challenges that arise from moments of stillness are dependent on a combination of individual agency and the role of structural or contextual factors. Using the accounts of thirty-eight older adults in the Netherlands and England, we show how the COVID-19 lockdowns established and encouraged different types of stillness which had differing impacts upon the older adults' lives. The effect of the prolonged stillness on these different areas of everyday life is based on individual agency and contextual factors, such as choosing to volunteer or having an adequate internet connection. Thus, our findings contribute to discussions around active ageing and demonstrate that slowing down, and spending more time at home, can provide respite from an otherwise active everyday life.'Puede que seamos viejos, pero eso nos hace fuertes': Explorando la quietud de los adultos mayores durante los encierros de emergencia por el COVID-19 RESUMENTras el brote del SARS-CoV-2 en todo el mundo en 2020, la movilidad de millones de personas se redujo para evitar la propagación de la enfermedad. El encierro fue particularmente difícil para los adultos mayores, a quienes se consideró 'vulnerables' porque muchos se sentían inseguros al salir de la casa y, a menudo, se vieron obligados a aislarse por sí mismos. En este ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Prolonged Stillnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Experiences Of Prolonged Stillness In Later Lifementioning

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‘We may be long in the tooth, but it makes us tough’: exploring stillness for older adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns

Osborne

Meijering

2021

Social & Cultural Geography

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“…Compare these short windows of time with other airports that are open 24/7 and have night technology or ILS (Instrument Landing System) approach systems that stretch flying time to minimize disruption and allow aircraft to land at any time in nearly all kinds of weather. While excellent work exists in the aeromobilities literature on frictions, congestions, and disruptions (Martin 2011; Lin 2014)—such as during the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption in 2010—too much emphasis remains on how the hypermodern, technological aspects of aviation systems work mostly in global industrialized societies (see, for example, Budd and Adey 2009; Kitchin and Dodge 2014). The Nepali case shows how global temporal regimes structure time in ways that have profound implications, and productive use, for those already relegated to the bottom of the hierarchy of global aviation.…”

Section: Temporal Expectations: International Over Domesticmentioning

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Air Pressure: Temporal Hierarchies in Nepali Aviation

Harris

2021

Cult. Anthropol.

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While the aviation industry is dominated by narratives of smooth, unending growth and future planning, in practice it is profoundly striated and asymmetrical. Through an ethnographic study of how air traffic controllers, pilots, and operations staff in Nepal experience “air pressure,” this article demonstrates how understandings of the uneven geography of aviation infrastructure are framed in terms of time. Nepali airports are often perceived as “lagging behind” or “quaint” in comparison to other airports around the world, and air traffic congestion in Nepal can create bottlenecks that in turn have massive implications for the wider system. Yet some kinds of disruption—such as unpredictable weather—reconfigure familiar hierarchies, bringing the value of Nepali aviators’ knowledge of how to manage difficult skies to the forefront of aviation futures. Aviation personnel highlight and expose severe inequalities in global aviation infrastructure systems while also contributing to them in ways that reveal specific ideas about the future of the nation. Unravelling these “tangles of temporalities” may provide a better understanding of how global temporal regimes are harnessed so as to shape lives. सारांश उड्डयन उद्योग सहज तथा निरन्तर वृद्धि हुने र भावी योजना बनिरहने क्षेत्र हो भन्ने भाष्य हावी छ, तर व्यवहारमा यो अत्यन्त खण्डित र विषम छ । नेपालका हवाई ट्राफिक नियन्त्रक, विमान चालक, र हवाई सेवा सञ्चालन कर्मचारीहरूले कसरी “हवाई चाप” लाई अनुभव गर्छन् भन्ने विषयको एथ्नोग्राफिक अध्ययनको आधारमा यो लेखले उड्डयन पूर्वाधारको असमान धरातललाई कसरी कालिक ढाँचामा बुझ्ने गरिन्छ भन्ने देखाउन खोजेको छ । विश्वका अरू विमानस्थलहरूको तुलनामा नेपालका विमानस्थलहरू “पिछडिएका” र “विचित्रका” मानिए पनि, नेपालमा हवाई ट्राफिकको घुइँचोले विभिन्न अवरोधहरू सिर्जना गर्न सक्छन्, जसले सिङ्गो प्रणालीमा बृहत् प्रभाव पार्न सक्ने कुराको सङ्केत गर्छ । अप्रत्याशित मौसम परिवर्तन जस्ता केही अवरोधले उड्डयन उद्योगमा विद्यमान श्रेणीयताहरू (हायरार्की) को पुनर्विन्यास गरिदिन्छन्, जसले नेपाली उड्डयन कर्मचारीहरूले विषम परिस्थितिमा गर्दै आएको हवाई ट्राफिक व्यवस्थापनको ज्ञानको महत्त्वलाई उड्डयन भविष्य बजारको अग्रपङ्तिमा ल्याइदिन्छ । उड्डयन कर्मचारीहरूले वैश्विक उड्डयन पूर्वाधार प्रणालीहरूमा रहेका गम्भीर असमानताहरू झल्काउनका साथै ती असमानताहरू सिर्जना गर्नमा पनि योगदान गर्छन्, र राष्ट्रको भविष्य बारेका निश्चित विचारहरूलाई उद्घाटित गर्छन् । यी “कालिकताहरूका गुजुल्टा” को फुकाइले कसरी जनजीवनलाई प्रभाव पार्न वैश्विक कालिक व्यवस्थालाई उपयोगमा ल्याइन्छ भन्ने बारे अझ राम्ररी बुझ्न मद्दत गर्न सक्छ ।

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“…Moreover, translation crosses the boundary between the public and private sectors. It is also essential for companies that have to find a new strategy to deliver products and services during a wide-area emergency (Jensen, 2011, p. 69; Martin, 2011, p. 91).…”

Section: Drivers Of Cascading Disasters: Translation As a Mediator Of Vulnerability Through Information Flowsmentioning

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The role of translators and interpreters in cascading crises and disasters

Alexander

Pescaroli

2019

DPM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the significance of cascading crises for translators and interpreters, and how their work may be affected by such events. It provides a theoretical basis for analysis and field practice. Design/methodology/approach The authors define cascades and explain how they influence the development of preparedness, mitigation and response. The authors identify key drivers of cascading crises and discuss how they challenge conventional approaches to emergency management. The authors discuss ways in which use of language could be a key factor in crisis escalation. The authors define priorities and operational challenges of cascading crises for translators and interpreters. In terms of methodology, this paper develops a conceptual framework that can be used for future enquiry and case history analysis. Findings The authors provide a qualitative description and synthesis of the key instructions to be used in the field. The authors offer a short list of key questions that can be referred to by linguists and scholars. The authors identify situations in which translation and interpretation are important ingredients in the success of emergency preparedness and response efforts. These include multilingual populations, migrant crises, international humanitarian deployment and emergency communication during infrastructure failures. Research limitations/implications This work has academic value for the process of understanding cascades and practical relevance in terms of how to deal with them. Practical implications Translators and interpreters need to understand cascading crises in order to be prepared for the challenges that such events will present. Social implications Society has become more complex and interconnected, with non-linear cascading escalation of secondary emergencies. Emergency planners and responders need to address this in new ways. Effective communication and information strategies are essential to the mitigation of cascading disaster risk. Originality/value The study of cascading crises from a socio-economic point of view is relatively new, but it is important because society is increasingly dependent on networks that can propagate failure of information supply.

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Eyjafjallajökull 4′33″: A Stillness in Three Parts

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

‘We may be long in the tooth, but it makes us tough’: exploring stillness for older adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns

‘We may be long in the tooth, but it makes us tough’: exploring stillness for older adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns

Air Pressure: Temporal Hierarchies in Nepali Aviation

The role of translators and interpreters in cascading crises and disasters

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