[HTML][HTML] Tourist skills

I Mertena, M Kaaristo, T Edensor - Annals of Tourism Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study extends the theoretical debate on skills as an important element of tourism as a
practice. Analysing qualitative data on train and canal boating tourism in the UK, we discuss …

Taking up space: Community, belonging and gender among itinerant boatdwellers on London's waterways

L Roberts - Anthropological Notebooks, 2019 - notebooks.drustvo-antropologov.si
Itinerant boat-dwellers on the waterways in London have been portrayed as a community of
like-minded people living alternative lives, sharing skills, resources, and space. This paper …

Boats as housing in Oxford, UK: Trajectories of Informality in a High‐Income Context

J Galuszka - International Journal of Urban and Regional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this article I aim to shed light on boat dwelling as an increasingly popular housing practice
in the UK. I investigate the changing nature of this practice in times of housing crisis and of …

“This squiggly wiggly, not quite democratic thing”: A Deleuzian frame for Boaters' political (dis) organisation on the waterways of London

BOL Bowles - Anthropological Notebooks, 2019 - anthropological-notebooks.zrc-sazu …
Itinerant boat dwellers in London (Boaters) utilise political strategies, emergent from their
mobility as afforded by the water on which they live, that are “flat” in a Deleuzian sense. This …

Locked out? Navigating the geographies of precarity on Britain's waterways

A Herman, R Yarwood - Transactions of the Institute of British …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Motivations for living on the UK's waterways range from lifestyle to financial, but increasing
numbers have been pushed aboard in response to current, and longstanding, cost‐of‐living …

Can't trust: the boaters of the waterways of South East England versus 'the charity that makes you homeless'

B Bowles - Split Waters, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The 'Boaters' of London and the South East of England are an itinerant boat-dwelling
population. Despite living on a boat seeming to mean utmost freedom, they are in fact …

Mundane tourism mobilities on a watery leisurescape: canal boating in North West England

M Kaaristo - 2018 - e-space.mmu.ac.uk
There are over 3,000 miles of navigable inland waterways in England and Wales, managed
mainly by the Canal and River Trust, which promotes their use for various leisure activities …

[PDF][PDF] The linear village: Experience of continuous cruising on the London waterways

T Malkogeorgou - London's Urban Landscape, 2019 - library.oapen.org
Three Invalids–Sufferings of George and Harris–A victim to one hundred and seven fatal
maladies–Useful prescriptions–Cure for liver complaint in children–we agree that we are …

Project kraken: surveillance and liminality 'on the edge'of land and water

D Weaver - Geopolitics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Project Kraken, an effort to combat terrorism and crime on the UK water network, is a
valuable case that propels knowledge of surveillance. Whilst similar initiatives universalize …

Digital re-enchantment: tribal belonging, new age science and the search for happiness in a digital detoxing community

T Sutton - 2020 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Our digital era is no less “human” or “authentic” than any other time in history, yet many
people feel that the opposite is true. This study investigates Camp Grounded's digital detox …