von Michael Hieslmair | Nov 7, 2014 | Presentations, Team Vienna |
Besides presenting „Stop and Go“ at the conference we presented our actor related mapping approach for gathering stories about routes, rituals and routines. The first step was to depict a selection of some of the most relevant nodes along our first research trip we completed last summer: Vienna (A) – Tallinn (EST) – Svilengrad (BG) – Vienna During the conference we gathered mobility patterns of some participants of the...
von Michael Hieslmair | Nov 4, 2014 | Presentations, Team Vienna |
Looking a the destination board, its evident that the Vienna Airport has established itself as a hub to (south-) eastern Europe. But this time the trip goes to Copenhagen a conference organized by the „Cosmobilities“ network. The small aircraft, a „Fokker 100“, is on duty for a lot of flights to destinations in Eastern Europe....
von Michael Hieslmair | Okt 3, 2014 | Bus Trips, Team Vienna |
Our bus arrives this Friday as one of the first at the „Vienna International Busterminal“ (VIB) around 5 am. The counters and toilet are still closed – but the snack stand just opened for a first coffee. After picking up their luggage the passengers immediately rush to the exit. Some are awaited, but most straight head for the subway...
von Michael Hieslmair | Okt 2, 2014 | Bus Trips, Team Vienna |
In order to keep us happy and convince us to book the same bus also for our future trips, „Air Kona“ the bus company invites every passenger for a nightly meal. At the Serbian grill room they served „Pljeskavica“ for everybody! What a ritual of...
von Michael Hieslmair | Okt 2, 2014 | Bus Trips, Team Vienna |
Some perceived 100 meters after the Bulgarian/ Serbian border, where the controls were pretty rigorous, we stop at the service area and grill room „King“. For the bus drivers and most of the passengers – as frequent travelers – stopping here seems to be...
von Michael Hieslmair | Okt 2, 2014 | Bus Trips, Team Vienna |
Again back at the main bus terminal in Sofia. Just some minutes for check in. The bus is operated by the second big company heading for Austria „Air Kona“. This time the bus is booked out and full 0f people from very different social backgrounds and motives for their travel. The apportionment of seats was done by the lady at the counter. It seems that she arranged the seats in terms of her own perception and assumptions according to the social status and gender of...
