Digital Ethnographies

Abstract

"The purpose of this rich and innovatively presented ethnography is to explore mobility, sense of place and time on the British Columbia coast. On the basis of almost 400 interviews with ferry passengers and over 250 ferry journeys, the author narrates and reflects on the performance of travel and on the consequences of ferry-dependence on island and coastal communities. Ferry Tales inaugurates a new series entitled Innovative Ethnographies for Routledge (innovativeethnographies.net). The purpose of this hypermedia book series is to use digital technologies to capture a richer, multimodal view of social life than was otherwise done in the classic, print-based tradition of ethnography, while maintaining the traditional strengths of classic, ethnographic analysis."-- Publisher description. pt. 1. Before departure. Queen's drowning -- Ways of moving -- Getting to the BC coast -- Making of ferry tales. pt. 2. Welcome aboard. Travel as performance -- Of ferries and their passengers -- Ferry (techno- )culture -- In the kids' zone. pt. 3. Different kind of place. Insulation and isolation -- Feel of island and coastal life -- En route to heaven? -- Removed. pt. 4. In time, out of time. Island time -- Speed ... sort of ... keeping the rhythm -- Are we there yet? pt. 5. Ferries, power, and politics. Constellations of (in- )convenience -- Danger : keep off the rocks -- More cracks in the water -- Changing life on the coast. pt. 6. Performing elusive mobilities. Taskscape of travel -- How to catch a ferry -- Ritual, play, and drama -- Elusiveness. pt. 7. Waiting for a ride. Time thieves -- Dwelling in lineups -- Mind the gap -- Another sailing wait.