The Cadences of Rails
Unscheduled Stops in Tōkyō's Spaces of Flow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21873838 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert J Simpkins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 212-229 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transfers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2045-4813 • E-ISSN: 2045-4821 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/trans.2020.1002315 |
| OpenAlex | W3131072508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article explores how urban space produced by the Japanese railway system is appropriated by people for common use in Tōkyō. Drawing from ethnographic research among musicians at a central train station, I explore how individuals enmeshed within the schedules of the commuter network negotiate mobilities that fall outside the purview of railway urbanism. Station tsūro are passageways monitored by rail staff and local authorities, protected by traffic and railway commerce laws, and influenced by competing pressures from the overburdened network and local neighborhoods. Musicians sensitive to these shifting relationships identify leeway within, performing in ways that open tsūro up, producing temporary, finely balanced spaces of encounter and connection. Through these processes, the commuter system creates rail-specific forms of human relationships
Archaeology · Business · Economic geography · Ethnography · Geography · Negotiation · Rail network · Social science · Sociology · Transport engineering · Urbanism · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Architecture
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |