ABSTRACT

Being lost is an enduring reality of mobile life: a fundamental learning experience in which our bodies negotiate unfamiliar spaces, places, and even feelings. Yet mobilities literature continues to give the experience of being lost little-devoted attention reinforcing the problematic assumption that journeys are predictable and controllable. In response, this paper considers the significance of being lost through the conceptual lens of encounter. Drawing on interviews conducted in Newcastle, Australia, the paper offers two key contributions to the literature. Firstly, focusing on the character of being lost offers an expanded theoretical understanding of encounter which moves beyond the stranger-as-figure and engages with mobile encounters with strange places. Sharing stories of being lost offers new possibilities for how these encounters with place both enable and constrain bodily capacities during movement. Secondly, using the lens of strange encounters illuminates the significance of being lost for mobile life. The diverse ways in which bodies perform when lost, as well as carry the lingering affective memories and intensities of these encounters with them, illustrates that there are different styles of being lost which warrant attention from mobilities scholars. This paper offers a reading of four different styles of being lost: fearful, inadequate, skilful and lively lost.

摘要

迷路是移动生活的一个持久现实：一种基本的学习体验，我们的身体在其中适应陌生的空间、地点甚至感受。然而，流动性文献继续提供失去注意力的经验，强化了旅行是可预测和可控的有问题的假设。作为回应，本文通过相遇的概念镜头考虑了迷失的重要性。该论文借鉴了在澳大利亚纽卡斯尔进行的采访，对文献提供了两个关键贡献。首先，关注迷失的特征提供了对相遇的扩展理论理解，这种相遇超越了陌生人形象，并参与了与陌生地方的移动相遇。分享迷路的故事为这些与地方的相遇如何在运动过程中启用和限制身体能力提供了新的可能性。其次，用奇遇的镜头，阐明迷失对于移动生活的意义。身体在迷失时的不同表现方式，以及与它们相遇的挥之不去的情感记忆和强度，说明迷失的不同风格值得流动性学者的关注。本文提供了四种不同风格的迷失方式：恐惧迷失、不足迷失、熟练迷失和活泼迷失。以及与他们相遇的挥之不去的情感记忆和强度，说明有不同的迷失方式值得流动性学者关注。本文提供了四种不同风格的迷失方式：恐惧迷失、不足迷失、熟练迷失和活泼迷失。以及与他们相遇的挥之不去的情感记忆和强度，说明有不同的迷失方式值得流动性学者关注。本文提供了四种不同风格的迷失方式：恐惧迷失、不足迷失、熟练迷失和活泼迷失。