Bestiary of airport geographies. An inventory of situations.
Author
Alonso Albendea, Jorge
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2018
Submitted on
2018-05-24
Pages
108
Abstract
Dette speciale i Mobiliteter og Bydesign ved Aalborg Universitet undersøger lufthavnen som en oplevet, følelsesladet og rumlig erfaring. Med udgangspunkt i psykogeografi (McDonough, 2002) og begrebet affektive atmosfærer (Adey, 2008) betragtes lufthavnen ikke som et tomt rum, men som overlappende stemninger og rammer, formet af mennesker, ting og kontekst. Ud fra et pragmatisk udgangspunkt anvendes blandede metoder: spørgeskemaer, visuel etnografi, kortlægninger, observationer, netnografi (analyse af Twitter, websider og fora) samt arkitektonisk analyse. Metoderne bruges i et casestudie af Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Lufthavn (MAD). Litteraturgennemgangen er struktureret i tre temaer: sted, design og passager; affektive atmosfærer; og situationer i lufthavne. Analysen præsenterer "lufthavnssituationer" som illustrationer, der beskriver de forskellige atmosfærer, man møder på rejsen fra check-in til boarding. Specialet afsluttes med et konkluderende kapitel og anbefalinger til fremtidig forskning.
This master’s thesis in Mobilities and Urban Design at Aalborg University explores the airport as a lived, emotional, and spatial experience. Drawing on psychogeography (McDonough, 2002) and the idea of affective atmospheres (Adey, 2008), it treats the airport not as an empty backdrop but as overlapping moods and settings shaped by people, things, and context. From a pragmatic standpoint, the study uses mixed methods: surveys, visual ethnography, mappings, observations, netnography (analysis of Twitter, websites, and forums), and architectural analysis. These methods are applied in a case study of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD). The literature review is organized around three themes: place, design and the passenger; affective atmospheres; and airport situations. The analysis presents "airport situation" illustrations that describe the different atmospheres encountered along the journey from check-in to the boarding gate. The thesis ends with a concluding chapter and recommendations for future research.
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Keywords
affective ; airport ; aeromobilities ; mobilities ; architecture ; geography ; sensorial ; netnography ; situation ; mapping ; adey ; aerial
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