Adonia, I too would lik e a copy... the email is [log in to unmask] - ta k
Karly Coleman
On 2011-10-18, at 3:59 PM, Adonia Lugo wrote:
> Hi all,
> The listserv refused to send my attachment to everyone, so go ahead
> and email me directly if you want to see my paper.
> Cheers,
> Adonia
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Oddy, Nicholas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> There is certainly an interest. If not to the list, send it to me on [log in to unmask] !
>>
>> Nicholas Oddy
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list on behalf of Adonia Lugo
>> Sent: Tue 18/10/2011 16:58
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Cycling in psychogeography eg. cyclegeography[Scanned-Clean]
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings from Seattle,
>> In 2010 I wrote a conference paper on ethnographic flânerie on a
>> bicycle, a methodology I used to conduct anthropological fieldwork
>> among cyclists in Los Angeles. If there's interest, I'll send it to
>> the list. In my reading the flâneuse/flâneur presents an interesting
>> way to imagine oneself as a researcher, drifting in and out of
>> intimacy with the city, but also as a way to think of bicyclists in a
>> city like LA where attention to detail means life or death on the
>> road.
>> Cheers,
>> Adonia Lugo
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Richard Mann
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Iain Sinclair wrote a piece of cycling psychogeography in the LRB last year
>>> sometime...
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Oddy, Nicholas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Hans Peter,
>>>>
>>>> The flaneur on wheels was a notion put out by Glen Norcliffe in his book
>>>> 'Cycling to Modernity' some ten years ago. I found it fairly incredible
>>>> and subjected it to some scrutiny in terms of Edwardian cycling in
>>>> Horton (et al) 'Cycling and Society'. The problem here is that, prior to
>>>> recent years, cyclists tended to write about cycling either as a sort of
>>>> daring-do adventure or as an escapist activity in which one could engage
>>>> with the rural scene, rather than the idea of enjoying the urban one. In
>>>> terms of psychogeography, particularly in the present, I think you might
>>>> be well advised to join the Cycling and Society JISCMAIL discussion
>>>> group. Indeed I am ccing this group because the topic is an interesting
>>>> one given current debates as to how cyclists present themselves to the
>>>> wider social group of road users. I wouldn't mind some recommended
>>>> reading myself!
>>>>
>>>> Nicholas
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Auken Beck ,Hans Peter 1
>>>> Sent: 14 October 2011 13:55
>>>> To: Oddy, Nicholas
>>>> Subject: Cycling in psychogeography eg. cyclegeography
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Nicholas Oddy,
>>>>
>>>> I'm writing to you in a hope of a bit of advice in the matter of cycling
>>>> within psychogeography.
>>>>
>>>> To refresh your memory I was writing about the Situationist
>>>> International and online activism, though later decided on focussing on
>>>> psychogeography; I have decided to continue to write about
>>>> psychogeography (and less about activism) in a Critical Journal because
>>>> of a project I did last year and continued over the summer. I used the
>>>> folds and creases on a map of Glasgow to investigate the 'naturally'
>>>> embossed points the fold-creases had left on the map. I visited all
>>>> these points (on my bike) and took a picture of the scene. Over the
>>>> summer I was lucky enough to have the chance to visit Beijing in China
>>>> and as I spend 6 weeks there I had enough time to do the same exercise
>>>> there. To keep the scale equal to Glasgow I took the Glasgow map and
>>>> superimposed it unto Beijing.
>>>>
>>>> When writing about psychogeography I gave an account of the flaneur (the
>>>> notorious pedestrian), derive, the armchair traveler 'the Robinsonner'
>>>> (Robinson Crusoe = fictional) and in the end the psychogeographer as
>>>> outlined by Guy Debord - later Iain Sinclair and Will Self.
>>>>
>>>> My problem is that I haven't come across any description of a cycling
>>>> psychogeographer. In order to pin down what I am doing other examples of
>>>> cycling explores would be very useful. Most cyclists use their bike to
>>>> get from A - B the quickest possible way. When I cycle I like to be A
>>>> PART of traffic, to blend in and play my part of the scenery, rather
>>>> than walking on the side and observe it (like what the traditional
>>>> flaneur does).
>>>>
>>>> Do you know of any cycling 'philosophers' who give an psychogeographic
>>>> (or something similar) account on 'drifting' on a bike?
>>>>
>>>> Also Ross suggested I made a case study of a cycling group(s). Do you
>>>> know of any cycling communities/association/movement who praise
>>>> psychogeography? Or better, cyclists who don't use maps or who use them
>>>> in alternative ways?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>> /Hans Peter Auken Beck
>>>> Fine Art Photography
>>>
>>>
>>
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>> Adonia E. Lugo
>> Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology
>> University of California, Irvine
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> Adonia E. Lugo
> Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology
> University of California, Irvine
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