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Accepted Paper:

Camden Town Station (X) October 2013 - January 2014  
Christina Paugger

Paper short abstract:

Investigation of a local bus stop in Camden Town from October 2013 to January 2014 during different times of the day.

Paper long abstract:

Camden Town Station (X) focuses on the idea of urban rhythms. This photo essay developed out of an interest in exploring a specific place during different times of the day. The project lasted from end of October 2013 until beginning of January 2014. Investigating a local bus stop in Camden, it was of particular interest whether there were any patterns to be recognised during different times of the day. More specifically, it was the aim to explore who takes the bus at what times of the day and if the same people would recur during the same times each day. Each time of the day had a different rhythm to it.

The project evolved in a way that was rather unexpected. As opposed to the expectation that people who were at the bus stop would turn away from the camera as soon as they saw it, most people did not react to the camera at all. People seemed lost in their thoughts, not paying any attention to their surroundings. This absent-mindedness with which people moved through urban space reminds of what Georg Simmel termed the blasé in the metropolis.

Panel P23
One City, Multiple Stories: Visual Narratives of London Urbanism
  Session 1