Trans RINA, Vol 157, Part C1, Intl J Marine Design, Jan –Dec 2015 and n when on board, and information permeates


everything during the cruise. Information flow enables the operations of the cruise ship ecosystem because the ship is full of actors who need to be informed about th roles and position. Many translations occur


heir through


After a ship information fro


information, thus the role of information is to strengthen and edit the network structures. A cruise ship is an exceptional environment when it comes to information. of


communication with the outside world is less frequent and it is unusual to have new actors on-bo


oard ship during


the cruise. However, the actors produce new information all the time during the cruise. This ‘closed system’ of information enhances predictability because the use of typical communication devices (e.g. internet and phone) are unreliable due to reliance on satellite connections. Human actors collect information, mainly visually and orally, whereas the language also has a central role. Information flows from passengers to crew, among the crew, and from passenger to passenger, and through signs.


has departed from port, the input om outside the cruise ship is low because


and cleanliness aff fected her cruising experience: “I just


wonder these leather brown chairs it looks actually quite disgusting, because many peoplle here are wearing skirts, so you might share some


so if you sit on the chair after s


sun tan lotion and sweat of others [sic]” (Interviewee B). In addition the ship’s decoration is an important actor in redictability network as it iinforms passengers about amiliar functions of the different spaces. Furniture s referred to the process


the pr the fa


and other decoration elements


(inscription) where past events are embodied in an object [3]. Correspondingly layout became more and more familiar


for 4.3 the passengers during the cruise and


therefore represents inscription of the network. SOCIAL EXPERIENCING


Passengers are participating in a cruise network and a network based on their own cruise experience. Typical types of participation are move


and watching. A cruise ship can be seen as an arena for a holiday, and a person’s mere pr form


ement, hearing, listening presence can be seen as a


of participation. Differences in emerge. A person can either primarily pa


participation articipate in


producing another person’s cruising experience or can concentrate on one’s own personal experience.


Doing things together and the emerging stories about entral role in the cruising


common experiences play a ce


experience. Knowledge is shared, new things are learnt and new persons are met while socialising. It is also common that crewmembers pa


articipate in socialisation


informally. Consequently, language has a central role as an


activities. Even


enabling the verbal interaction between people. Usua lly people are traveling as part of a group (e.g. family or as a group of friends), where one h role guiding the group’s


as a ‘leader’ though the


F igure 2: Acto from the data.


or-network of predictability as it emerged S eemingly insignificant actors informed e participants


about multiple things to consider. For example, a price tag provided information about the price of an item, but also affected their interpretation of item or service quality, or othe


weather. Additionally, information


er passenger’s outfit helped to predict the flows through


Furthermore, clothing acts as an important agent information exchanged between the crew and passengers. The crew differs from passengers with their uniforms, and the status of each of the personnel can be interpreted from the uniform. It was revealed that even though a network works perfectly, one human or non-human actor could make a passenger feel uncomfortable. One of the interviewees said that the choice of decoration materials


different objects, shapes and materials and also between non-human actors. For instance, a cruise ship's database handles a tremendous amount of numerical data daiily. of


group’s participants are spread around the multiple events on a ship, togetherness emerges as people form strong ties to the p articular group they feel committed to. Building on this, interviewee B told us that she always tries to organise all the group members around the same “I would just pick the first seat that’s still


table:


available for our group, we are travelling as is, I would just get the first seatting immediat I would be afraid that there are others taki [sic]” (Interviewee F).


Passengers felt that number e


group, so it ely, because ng that seat


scheduled events removed some of the challenges of decis ion-making inside the group. The


programme


of offered also


activities unites pas ssengers. on example,


a the organised cruise programme and interviewees


reported that it is easier to make decisions when the is limited. The cruise For


participation in an excursion creates relationships among acti vity. When board, it was


passengers participating in the same observing


passengers’ behaviour


noticeable that a majority of passengers spent the day with their own smaller travelling group, whereas in the evening they became more open and in contact with other passengers and spent their time in larger


e groups. In


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