Rachel
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John Meudell
CTC National Council
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Subject: Public lecture on cycling research: London, 27th April
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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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