Hi Adonia
I would like to see it please
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Thanks
 
Jane Pearce
PhD Candidate
Geography Department
University of Canterbury
Christchurch
NZ

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From: Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list on behalf of Adonia Lugo
Sent: Wed 19/10/2011 10:59
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Subject: Re: Cycling in psychogeography eg. cyclegeography[Scanned-Clean]



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
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> 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]
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> 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
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Adonia E. Lugo
> Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology
> University of California, Irvine
>



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Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology
University of California, Irvine



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