I'd like to come along
cheers
Mike
On 11 Apr 2010, at 15:01, Rachel Aldred wrote:
> All welcome – please forward.
>
> New research into cycling: mixed methods, culture and ethnography
> Dave Horton, Lancaster University
> Rachel Aldred, University of East London
> Katrina Jungnickel, University of East London
>
>
> Tuesday 27th April, 5pm, University of East London
>
> East Building, Docklands Campus, room EBG08
>
> For directions to UEL Docklands see http://www.uel.ac.uk/campuses/docklands.htm
>
> Refreshments will be served. Please email [log in to unmask] to
> reserve a place.
>
>
> This public lecture showcases two projects using mixed method and
> qualitative approaches to cycling: the EPSRC-funded Understanding
> Walking and Cycling, and the ESRC-funded Cycling Cultures.
>
> Dave Horton is undertaking ethnographic research as part of the
> Understanding Walking and Cycling project. The project adopts mixed
> methods to explore walking and cycling in 4 English cities,
> Lancaster, Leeds, Leicester and Worcester. Dave will describe the
> wider project, before concentrating on the qualitative research, and
> specifically the ethnographic fieldwork, which he is conducting with
> the Flemish anthropologist Griet Scheldeman. He’ll give details of
> the methods that Griet and he have so far been using to produce data
> which should improve current understandings of cycling; and he’ll
> talk through some of their preliminary findings, with the hope that
> those present will discuss and help him think about what they might
> mean!
>
> Rachel and Katrina are working on Cycling Cultures, which looks at
> four urban areas with relatively high cycling rates: Cambridge,
> Hull, Bristol, and Hackney. Rachel and Katrina will discuss the
> rationale for the project and the findings emerging from pilot and
> background research. They’ll talk about the methods that they are
> currently exploring, including using mapping applications (ArcView
> and Google mashups) to represent and analyse qualitative and
> quantitative data. Rachel and Katrina will also discuss their
> ongoing experiments in visual methodology including the use of time-
> lapse photography, bike cameras, and bike portraits.
>
> This is a UEL Public Lecture in association with UEL Bike Week 2010
> (26th-30th April)
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