Hi Adonia,
I'd be very interested in having a read.
Thanks
Robin
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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:58:06
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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
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> 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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