Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy
Drawing from recent affective geographies of drinking and drunkenness, this article explores the affective atmospheres of spaces of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy and how these atmospheres shape the experience of alcohol-related problems. Our discussion is grounded in the analysis of int...
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| description | Drawing from recent affective geographies of drinking and drunkenness, this article explores the affective atmospheres of spaces of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy and how these atmospheres shape the experience of alcohol-related problems. Our discussion is grounded in the analysis of interview data collected in 2012 among 60 young adults living in Melbourne. Participants included youth residing in the inner-city who reported taking a tram, walking or cycling to nearby venues along with youth from periurban communities who used trains, buses or taxis to travel to and from venues in the inner-city. Each group reported spending varying amounts of time on the move during a night-out drinking, although the atmospherics of mobility differed for each group. Inner-city participants described ‘comfortable’ or ‘fun’ journeys on the tram, walking or cycling, whereas participants from periurban communities spoke of ‘boring’ or ‘unpleasant’ journeys via train, night-bus or taxi. Moving beyond reports of the ‘priming’ effects of affective atmospheres, we conclude that these atmospheres are(co-)constituted in encounters between bodies, human and non-human, as they move. We close with a brief discussion of the implications of our analysis for the study of alcohol-related problems in the city at night. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-377392017-11-23T05:37:48Z Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy Duff, Cameron Moore, David mobilities alcohol affective atmospheres youth night-time economy Melbourne Drawing from recent affective geographies of drinking and drunkenness, this article explores the affective atmospheres of spaces of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy and how these atmospheres shape the experience of alcohol-related problems. Our discussion is grounded in the analysis of interview data collected in 2012 among 60 young adults living in Melbourne. Participants included youth residing in the inner-city who reported taking a tram, walking or cycling to nearby venues along with youth from periurban communities who used trains, buses or taxis to travel to and from venues in the inner-city. Each group reported spending varying amounts of time on the move during a night-out drinking, although the atmospherics of mobility differed for each group. Inner-city participants described ‘comfortable’ or ‘fun’ journeys on the tram, walking or cycling, whereas participants from periurban communities spoke of ‘boring’ or ‘unpleasant’ journeys via train, night-bus or taxi. Moving beyond reports of the ‘priming’ effects of affective atmospheres, we conclude that these atmospheres are(co-)constituted in encounters between bodies, human and non-human, as they move. We close with a brief discussion of the implications of our analysis for the study of alcohol-related problems in the city at night. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37739 10.1080/14649365.2014.979864 Routledge fulltext |
| spellingShingle | mobilities alcohol affective atmospheres youth night-time economy Melbourne Duff, Cameron Moore, David Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy |
| title | Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy |
| title_full | Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy |
| title_fullStr | Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy |
| title_short | Going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in Melbourne’s night-time economy |
| title_sort | going out, getting about: atmospheres of mobility in melbourne’s night-time economy |
| topic | mobilities alcohol affective atmospheres youth night-time economy Melbourne |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37739 |