Rytmy kontenerowca. Zarys statkowej codzienności w ujęciu antropologicznym Rytmy kontenerowca…

Zuzanna Śmigielska

doi:10.26881/etno.2025.11.04

Authors

Zuzanna Śmigielska University of Gdańsk https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6340-2537

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26881/etno.2025.11.04

Keywords:

container ship, liminality, maritime infrastructure, seafarers’ daily life, shipboard space

Abstract

In this article, I discuss a series of rhythms that organize everyday life on a container ship. The basis for the topic is my several months of navigational practice aboard ships, as well as consultations with other sailors. On this foundation, I present a highly regulated system and its users – sailors equipped with carefully designed tools. My starting point is the ambiguity in classifying the ship, whose position I place on the border between movement and stillness. I conduct the analysis primarily from the perspective of a crew member to highlight the central role of the ship as a system. However, I also acknowledge the influence of external institutions and point to the container ship’s connections to capitalism and nature. I focus on everyday life aboard the ship, where hierarchies and divisions occupy a crucial place. I aim to bring these closer while simultaneously presenting the position of the crew member against this background.

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Author Biography

Zuzanna Śmigielska, University of Gdańsk

Engineer’s degree from the Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University; MA degrees from the Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, and from the Institute of Anthropology, University of Gdańsk. Her research interests include anthropology and art, the anthropology of locomotion, the anthropology of space and place, and the anthropology of everyday life.

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