Mobilising place management

Lassen, Claus; Laursen, Lea Louise Holst

doi:10.4324/9780429199042-2

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“…Sheller and Urry (2006, p. 214) argue that research on mobilities should consider the physical and experiential aspects of various modes of movement, viewing them as a form of material and social ‘dwelling‐in‐motion’. Despite being ‘an essential component of the place ontology’, mobilities have largely been neglected in extant literature on place (Lassen & Laursen, 2021, p. 4). Place has often been conceived as a relatively fixed entity, defined by its tangible properties and various geographical and territorial boundaries that often form the basis of individuals' self‐perception, identity and belonging.…”

Section: Place and Pacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This means apprehending place as ‘a multi‐temporal setting rather than a space frozen in time; as conditioned by human as well as non‐human agencies; and as an affectively and sensorially inhabited environment’ (Edensor et al, 2020, p. 2). According to this perspective, mobilities have the power to affect, change and constitute places (Lassen & Laursen, 2021), and ‘any understanding of place needs to be sensitive to the diverse ways in which different kinds of mobility make and remake place’ (Bissell, 2020, p. 106). In other words, we must acknowledge that ‘it is not only people who move but … places also shift their locations’ (Gregorič Bon & Repič, 2016, p. 1).…”

Section: Place and Pacementioning

confidence: 99%

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Pacemaking and placemaking on the UK canals

Kaaristo

2023

Geographical Journal

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This paper focuses on the complex relationship between pace and place, offering a novel lens for understanding mobility within the context of canal boating. Drawing on fieldwork on the canals in north‐west England, the paper focuses on mobile placemaking practices. Canal boats act as physical and material but also ideological pacemakers, guiding the boaters towards subscribing to the idea of slow living, where certain canal‐based pace‐myths play an important role. Pacemaking on the canals is therefore a form of placemaking, realised through the mobility of the vessel, materialities of the infrastructure, tempos and temporalities, representations and stories about canal life as well as the bodies on board and on towpaths as canal boaters modulate and manage their experience and performance of pace. The investigation of the interplay between the slow pace, rhythms, embodied practices, canal infrastructure, and the prevalent pace‐myths offers valuable insights into the ways places are shaped by the pace of mobility, thus expanding the concept of placemaking. By foregrounding pace as a key concept in mobility studies, the paper demonstrates the need for a more nuanced understanding of the temporalities associated with different modes of movement.

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Section: Place and Pacementioning

confidence: 99%