The crash of emotions : Socio-material landscapes of guilt in
automobility

J 2026

The crash of emotions : Socio-material landscapes of guilt in automobility

KOTAŠKOVÁ, Eva; Katarína AZZAMOVÁ; Tomáš PAUL; Johannes STARKBAUM; Karel NĚMEČEK et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The crash of emotions : Socio-material landscapes of guilt in automobility

Autoři

KOTAŠKOVÁ, Eva ; Katarína AZZAMOVÁ; Tomáš PAUL; Johannes STARKBAUM; Karel NĚMEČEK a Kateřina NEDBÁLKOVÁ

Vydání

Emotion Space and Society, Elsevier, 2026, 1755-4586

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50404 Antropology, ethnology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.700 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

automobility; accidents; emotions; guilt; socio-materiality; embodiment

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 6. 2026 12:13, doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Experiencing automobility necessarily includes socio-material interactions in which the potential for road crashes or near-misses is ever-present. Rather than viewing road crashes as mere physical collisions, this paper understands them as socio-material encounters in which emotions – particularly guilt – play a constitutive role. Drawing on ethnomethodological go-alongs and interviews with persons who have been involved in crashes in Central Europe, we examine how guilt emerges in road crash situations and how it relates to the larger system of automobility. We show that guilt emerges as deeply intertwined with responsibility, as a rationalized, individualized, and human-centred practice. As such, guilt saturates (Ahmed, 2014) the whole system of automobility, which becomes sticky through various objects and socio-material relations such as police reports, crumpled car bodywork, or the reporting of guilt to (significant) others. In this way, we argue, automobility effectively normalizes systemic violence. Yet, navigating guilt also involves contesting its individual and human-centred forms—this is done mainly through highlighting the socio-material complexity of the road crashes, such as wet roads or road layouts. Despite these contestations, structural forces often remain silenced, allowing guilt to function as a mechanism that conceals the systemic violence entangled with automobility.

Návaznosti

GF22-37628L, projekt VaV

Název: Srovnávací fenomenologie příčin dopravních nehod

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Srovnávací fenomenologie příčin dopravních nehod, Partnerská agentura (Rakousko)

Přiložené soubory

The_crash_of_emotions.pdf

Citovat

KOTAŠKOVÁ, Eva; Katarína AZZAMOVÁ; Tomáš PAUL; Johannes STARKBAUM; Karel NĚMEČEK a Kateřina NEDBÁLKOVÁ. The crash of emotions : Socio-material landscapes of guilt in automobility. Emotion Space and Society. Elsevier, 2026, roč. 59, May, s. 1-8. ISSN 1755-4586. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2026.101178.

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KOTAŠKOVÁ, Eva; Katarína AZZAMOVÁ; Tomáš PAUL; Johannes STARKBAUM; Karel NĚMEČEK a Kateřina NEDBÁLKOVÁ. The crash of emotions : Socio-material landscapes of guilt in automobility. \textit{Emotion Space and Society}. Elsevier, 2026, roč.~59, May, s.~1-8. ISSN~1755-4586. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2026.101178.

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