Intentional Automobility: Mobility Choice Between Socialist and
Postsocialist Chrononormativity

J 2024

Intentional Automobility: Mobility Choice Between Socialist and Postsocialist Chrononormativity

SEIDENGLANZ, Daniel, Robert OSMAN and Jiří MALÝ

Basic information

Original name

Intentional Automobility: Mobility Choice Between Socialist and Postsocialist Chrononormativity

Authors

SEIDENGLANZ, Daniel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Robert OSMAN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří MALÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis, 2024, 2469-4452

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50701 Cultural and economic geography

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.900 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2249083

UT WoS

001080344900001

Keywords in English

chrononormativity; decision-making; intentional automobility; multiplicity of durations; non-Western experience

Abstract

V originále

This article responds to the uncritical use of chronological time and the strict division between past, present, and future when thinking about mobility behavior or mobility decisions. On the basis of this critique, it introduces the concept of intentional automobility, which relies on the Bergsonian–Deleuzian conception of time—duration (la durée). It shows that transport-mode decisions are not only made in the present, separated from the past and the future, but that the past and the future are part of every such decision. Using the example of the metropolitan area of Brno, Czech Republic, a postsocialist space, we show how differently socialist and postsocialist societies can be temporally normalized. At the same time, contemporary postsocialist mobility decisions are still influenced by socialist time norms—chrononormatives. Our main research question is how everyday mobility decisions between the car and public transport are influenced by the temporal norms of the society. To answer this question, we have employed a mixed methods research design that has been divided into a quantitative analysis of mode choice for individual trips and a qualitative analysis of statements about mode choice. Key findings include the relationship between transport-mode preference and a particular chrononormative. We identify four contexts—time, routing, alcohol, and everyday activity planning—in which the chrononormatives associated with the car and public transport are substitutable. It is on this basis that we introduce intentional automobility.

Links

GA17-16097S, research and development project

Name: Prostorová nespravedlnost automobilitních technologií

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

SEIDENGLANZ, Daniel, Robert OSMAN and Jiří MALÝ. Intentional Automobility: Mobility Choice Between Socialist and Postsocialist Chrononormativity. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Taylor & Francis, 2024, vol. 114, No 1, p. 255-275. ISSN 2469-4452. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2249083.

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SEIDENGLANZ, Daniel, Robert OSMAN and Jiří MALÝ. Intentional Automobility: Mobility Choice Between Socialist and Postsocialist Chrononormativity. \textit{Annals of the American Association of Geographers}. Taylor \&{} Francis, 2024, vol.~114, No~1, p.~255-275. ISSN~2469-4452. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2249083.

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