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
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> 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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