Ethnographies of Cycling
Date: 16 December 2009 Time: 10.00 to 5.30pm
Venue: Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) Training Room 1 & 2
Ethnographies of Cycling
A one day workshop hosted by the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), Lancaster University
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Venue: Lancaster Environment Centre, Training Rooms 1 & 2,Lancaster University
Organised by Sheila Constantine, Dave Horton, Colin Pooley and Griet Scheldeman
Understanding Walking and Cycling Project, Lancaster Environment Centre - Walking & Cycling Research Project
BLOG : http://thinkingaboutcycling.wordpress.com/
Like other ways of moving around, cycling is always cultural. One way of getting to grips with the cultures of cycling (and non-cycling) is ethnography. Ethnography can explore and aid our understandings of the kinds of lives which include cycling, people's actual experiences of cycling, and the effects which cycling has on people's lives.
This one day workshop aims to bring together cycling researchers, ethnographers and anyone interested in exploring new ways of understanding cycling and society, in order to think about what ethnography has done, what ethnography still might do, and what the limits of ethnography might be.
Provisional programme
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University - Wednesday 16th December 2009
9.30 - 10.30 Arrival and refreshments10.30 - 10.45 Welcome and introduction10.45 - 11.30 Doing cycling ethnographies I10.45 - 11.00 Ben Fincham, University of Sussex11.00 - 11.15 Robin Parker, University of Aberdeen
11.15 - 11.30 questions and discussion11.30 - 11.35 Quick break
11.35 - 12.45 Doing cycling ethnographies II11.35 - 11.50 Katrina Brown, Macaulay Institute11.50 - 12.05 Justin Spinney, University of Surrey12.05 - 12.20 Rachel Aldred, University of East London12.20 - 12.45 questions and discussion12.45 - 1.00 Thoughts so far - Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University
1.00 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 2.15 Ethnography: introduction to afternoon taskgroupsGriet Scheldeman (Lancaster University) and Jo Vergunst (University of Aberdeen)
2.15 - 3.30 Task groups - We will break into small groups. Some groups will undertake ethnographic fieldwork, others will discuss specific issues to do with ethnographic research
3.30 - 3.45 Reports back from the ethnographic task groups
3.45 - 4.00 Refreshments
4.00 - 5.15 Thinking about ethnography and cycling 4.00 - 4.15 Jo Vergunst4.15 - 4.30 Griet Scheldeman
4.30 - 5.15 questions and discussion
5.15 - 5.20 Closing remarks and plans for the evening
Evening Lancaster city centre pub for food and drink
The workshop will include:
· A short introduction to ethnography · An exploration of the potential of ethnography to produce fresh knowledge about cycling and society · Ethnographies of cycling: short, reflexive presentations by people who have done ethnographic research into cycling · Opportunities for discussion
The workshop aims to bring together:
· people with an interest in cycling research, who might want to learn more about what ethnography can do; · people with an interest in ethnography, who might be interested in thinking more about cycling; · and ethnographers of cycling;
Registration: the workshop will be held in Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, on Wednesday 16th December. The registration fee is £20, which includes lunch and refreshments. If required, a range of overnight accommodation is available at own cost on campus and in Lancaster- please contact Sheila Constantinefor a list.
Online Registration Form For further information please contact Sheila Constantine
For any queries, please contact Dave Horton
Event website: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/centres/cemore/event/2982/
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Who can attend: Anyone
Further information
Associated staff: Sheila Constantine (Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts), Dave Horton, Colin Pooley, Griet Scheldeman
Organising departments and research centres: Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), Geography, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster Environment Centre LEC, Mobilities.Lab, Sociology
Keywords: Ethnography, Mobilities, Travel
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