Crossroads of Anger Tensions and Conflicts in Traffic

Bibliographic Data

ID3070922
AuthorsD Podjed (0000-0003-1914-6053, University of Ljubljana, corresponding author), Saša Babič (0000-0002-3050-757X, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
Year2015
Volume45
Issue2
Publication date2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnologia Europaea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0425-4597 • E-ISSN: 1604-3030
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.16995/ee.1163
OpenAlexW2969170447
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article focuses on drivers involved in various modes of personal transport in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and describes their interactions and conflicts, often resulting in verbal or nonverbal expressions of anger. Using various approaches, ranging from semi-structured interviews to “participant driving,” it describes in great detail a small part of traffic infrastructure, that is, a crossroads in the city centre, which is a daily meeting point for thousands of people and their vehicles. Through an analysis of driving habits and reflections on daily language and media, the article sheds light on some key questions, which have, so far, only briefly been discussed by anthropologists: How do people habituate their driving? How do they comprehend vehicles as an indispensable part of their identity? And how do they express feelings and emotions on the road

Aesthetics · Anger · Computer security · Feeling · Nonverbal communication · Participant observation · Social science · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art · Social Psychology

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