This was our previous rationale:
To combat the atmosphere of isolation and loneliness that TFL employees face when working. They are almost invisible. Additionally there has been numerous instances of abuse that these people face. The campaign that we hope to implement and spread is an attempt to combat these isolating and hostile environments by simply encouraging people to engage with these individuals who are usually ignored. By doing this, we aim to improve the working conditions of those employed by TFL though a campaign focused on social media, posters and small advertising clips.
Our intervention is politically loaded because public transport systems reveal structural inequalities through the spatial means of, e.g. the glass barrier separating drivers from their passengers - legitimised under the purposes of “security” (see Marx) – and social – e.g. the direct abuse drivers get for changes to a service made by those higher up (service controllers as a live transit example and policy-makers on a more operational macro-level).
However I think we have now moved away from just the abuse of staff towards more general interaction, between passengers, staff and management. Each one of our interventions targets one of these to think we need to grow our rationale to keep up with this.
We have been incorporating and focusing the project round the phrase 'Relieving the stigma of interaction on public transport' but now we have also been discussing the use of stigma and taboo within our project. As Isaiah's post mentions, are the words too strong? do they alter the meaning of our rationale, have we been mis-using them?? Instead we are discussing the use of awkwardness instead. So the new rationale:
Relieving the awkwardness of interaction on public transport. Public transport is an intrinsic aspect of life for many Londoners, something they take part in almost daily. But the atmosphere of public transport can be one of loneliness, hostility and isolation. For those that use it, those that run it and those that manage it, interaction can be limited to almost nothing even though it can take up a large part of their day. The atmosphere created through the lack of interaction on public transport can be detrimental to the health of staff, to someone having trouble travelling through London or to the effectiveness of the service. The campaign we hope to implement is an effort to combat the awkwardness created by these hostile environments by simply encouraging people to engage with individuals they may have previously ignored. A campaign spread through social media, videos and two interventions.
Transport is politically loaded because the transport system reveals structural inequalities throughout its arrangement. For example, spatial inequalities eg. the separation of staff and passengers through glass barriers reducing communication, often justified through 'security', and social inequalities were staff are abused, individuals often targeting them for choices of transport management.
Of course, if anyone wants to add anything that I've missed just comment and I'll edit the post.
Relieving the awkwardness of interaction on public transport. Public transport is an intrinsic aspect of life for many Londoners, something they take part in almost daily. But the atmosphere of public transport can be one of loneliness, hostility and isolation. For those that use it, those that run it and those that manage it, interaction can be limited to almost nothing even though it can take up a large part of their day. The atmosphere created through the lack of interaction on public transport can be detrimental to the health of staff, to someone having trouble travelling through London or to the effectiveness of the service. The campaign we hope to implement is an effort to combat the awkwardness created by these hostile environments by simply encouraging people to engage with individuals they may have previously ignored. A campaign spread through social media, videos and two interventions.
Transport is politically loaded because the transport system reveals structural inequalities throughout its arrangement. For example, spatial inequalities eg. the separation of staff and passengers through glass barriers reducing communication, often justified through 'security', and social inequalities were staff are abused, individuals often targeting them for choices of transport management.
Of course, if anyone wants to add anything that I've missed just comment and I'll edit the post.
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