Dean
Go ride with them, talk to them, find out why they do what they do.
Richard Florida charts the phenomenon that you describe in the States and
puts this down to a new 'creative class' i.e. change in labour relations
and leisure time - http://tinyurl.com/cclnmb
I should imagine there are parallels with Singapore life. There has been
commentary in the past on recreational cycling being the 'new golf' for
the business community - see for example this article from the NYT
http://tinyurl.com/mju2pl
Hope that's assisted you in (ahem) trying to frame your study.
Tim Jones
Research Fellow - Land Use and Transport Planning
Co-Investigator EPSRC Understanding Walking and Cycling
Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development
& Department of Planning
School of the Built Environment
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane Campus
Oxford OX3 0BP
Tel +44 (0)1865 483436
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EPSRC Understanding Walking and Cycling - http://tinyurl.com/nxgdcj
> Hi Dean,
>
> It would be useful to know a bit more about your situation in order to
> know how
> to answer your question. Is this a smaller or larger piece of work (e.g.
> MA
> dissertation, PhD thesis ... ?), what methodology would you be using, what
> theoretical approaches interest you?
>
> You could investigate this phenomenon using qualitative, quantitative or
> both
> methods (or perhaps something else entirely!), and using such a wide range
> of
> approaches from sociology, cultural studies, sport/leisure studies etc
> that it's
> not going to be easy to list them all. Are you just interested in the
> phenomenon of these recreational/leisure cyclists, do you see it as a
> problem,
> is your interest concerned with policy questions .... ? You probably need
> to
> set it in the context of your previous studies, and discuss it with your
> supervisor to narrow these questions down.
>
> There is quite a bit of literature on cycling you can use to help frame
> the
> project. Highly recommended (!) is the book produced by members of this
> research group, Cycling and Society (eds Horton, Rosen and Cox), published
> by
> Ashgate in 2007.
>
> No doubt you'll get some other responses to your email too.
>
> Paul
>
> on 10/9/09 1:33 PM, Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> My name is Dean Koh, a graduate student from the Dept of Sociology in
>> the
>> National
>> University of Singapore (NUS) and my research interest(s) would be
>> looking at
>> cycling and
>> its related issues in Singapore: in particular, I am keen in exploring
>> the
>> reasons and issues
>> behind a significant growth in the numbers of recreational/enthusiast
>> road
>> cyclists in
>> Singapore in the recent years.
>>
>> Right now, I have some difficulty in trying to frame my research
>> question as
>> well as
>> choosing a particular perspective or approach in conducting my study.
>>
>> Would anyone please advice or have any recommendations about how I
>> should go
>> about it?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>
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