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Method in the madnessor
autoethnography against automobility
Katja Leyendecker EurIng CEngResearcher at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
Prepared for Cycling & Society SymposiumBristol, 7 September 2018
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Fiona Spotswood et al (2015)Despite significant national and local efforts over the last decade to stimulate uptake of cycling in the UK, levels of cycling (particularly utility cycling) remain at around 2% of journeys
From the academic message boards
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“stubbornly unshifting”
No city in Europe or North America has achieved high level of cycling without an extensive network of well-integrated bike lanes and paths that provide separation from motor vehicle traffic. […] Separate cycling facilities are a crucial first step towards increasing cycling and making it socially inclusive. Pucher & Buehler (2012:351)
From the academic message boards
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Video diary
My data sources
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My blog
… transport policy comparison… travel data… infrastructure checks… living and participating in Germany and UK… and so forth
Interviews
Auto
/eth
nogr
aphy
Video diary
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Description:In 2017, daily recording of 3 min diary videos (totalling 16 hours)RetrospectiveEach video summarised a week’s worth of campaigning activities (covering 7 years)
Analysis method: Multiple re-listening, a narrative was emerging
Rationalisation, spotting salient events and recurring subjects
Output:Separated my personal investment and emotion from events
Campaign timeline of events : “what had happened?”
My blog
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Description:Blogged over 3 years | posts 179 | word count
123,000
Exercise in ‘public thinking’
Sharing views, exchanging views (f.e. via twitter)
Analysis method: Multiple re-reading
Traditional coding method, thematic analysis
Output:Initial conceptual framework : “what is going
on?”
Interviews
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Description:Eight women activists (16 hours)
Four officials (5 hours) & various others
In UK and in Germany
Semi-structured | in-depth
Analysis method: Transcribing, multiple re-reading
Thematic analysis | narrative analysis
Output:Reviewed conceptual framework : “what is really going on?”
Data process
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The emerging landscape(to date)
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the i
neffe
ctual
coun
cillor
who ha
d ced
ed co
ntro
l to th
e offi
cer
the technocratic officer who continued to design roads for cars
the vehicular cyclist
rejecting the specific need for cycleways,
thereby aiding officers
Women activists“We want cycleways”
Automobility
Re/e
nact
ing
and
rein
forc
ing
the
“sys
tem
of a
utom
obili
ty”
Urry
(200
4)
Chal
leng
ing
the
“sys
tem
of
auto
mob
ility
” Legend Decision makersCivic society
Concluding remarks
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Relevance to the politics of utility cycling?
UK (and German) cycle campaigning can be heterogenous and incoherent in its message /story /narrative (but improving)
The automobility regime and practices has not been sufficiently recognised or accepted by advocates as the adversary (Melucci, 1996)
Automobility and its secondary adversaries (democratic deficit, technocratic officers) should be better conceptualised by advocates, also resulting in campaigning strategies
My next step: • loop back into academic theory • social theory | critical urban theory | etc• writing my thesis… (forthcoming 2019)
References
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Melucci, Alberto. 1996. Challenging Codes - Collective Action in the Information Age. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Pucher, John R., and Ralph Buehler. 2012. City Cycling. Book, Whole. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
Spotswood, Fiona, Tim Chatterton, Alan Tapp, and David Williams. 2015. “Analysing Cycling as a Social Practice: An Empirical Grounding for Behaviour Change.” Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 29: 22–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2014.12.001.
Urry, J. 2004. “The ‘System’ of Automobility.” Theory, Culture & Society 21 (4–5): 25–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276404046059.