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(Im)mobilizing Bangkok
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Sopranzetti, Claudio |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | This chapter begins from the realization that circulation constituted and shaped the birth and functioning of the modern metropolis: it was transportation infrastructure to guarantee its growth and circulation of people, ideas, and objects to create the typical urban experience of density, anonymity, and living its space as a network. Anthropological studies of these processes, however, have historically suffered from a disconnect between social theory, urban management, and ethnographic analysis. Reconstructing my own fieldwork in Bangkok, I present this work on motorcycle taxis and mobility in Bangkok as part of new attempts to investigate urban circulation ethnographically. In particular, I explore the methodological challenges that emerged from a refusal of the traditional ethnographic precept of focusing on a specific locale or cohesive group.This chapter begins with the realization that circulation constituted and shaped the birth and functioning of the modern metropolis: it was transportation infrastructure to guarantee its growth and circulation of people, ideas, and objects to create the typical urban experience of density, anonymity, and living its space as a network. It focuses on motorcycle taxis and mobility in Bangkok as part of new attempts to investigate urban circulation ethnographically. The chapter explores the methodological challenges that emerged from a refusal of the traditional ethnographic precept of focusing on a specific locale or cohesive group. It presents the very beginning of urban ethnography to show that the ethnographic blindness towards urban circulation is particularly surprising given the contexts in which the discipline was born. The chapter explores the methodological challenges and ethnographic insights that surface once we refuse the traditional ethnographic precept of focusing on a specific locale or a cohesive social group. Book Name: The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and the City |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2015-0-60460-6&isbn=9781315647098&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 125 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| Starting Page | 113 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315647098-8 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2018-10-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and the City Cultural Studies Circulation Urban Ethnographic Functioning Precept Cohesive Bangkok Refusal Chapter Begins |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
