Stranded: an eruption of disruption

Authors

Thomas Birtchnell, University of WollongongFollow
Monika Buscher, Lancaster University, UK

RIS ID

72572

Publication Details

Birtchnell, T.andBuscher, M. 2011, 'Stranded: an eruption of disruption', Mobilities, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 1-9.

Abstract

An editorial introduction to a special section on the disruptions to air travel triggered by Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull’s eruptions in April and May 2010. A spontaneously organized workshop and open call for papers gathered together analyses from different perspectives – systems theory, impromptu surveys, personal reflection, literary and philosophical probing. This introduction explores some of the connecting themes and highlights the strange, surprising and potently revealing nature of strandedness in a world of mobile lives.