TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - 'On the outside': constructing cycling citizenship
JO  - Social and cultural geography
A1  - Aldred, Rachel
SP  - 35
EP  - 52
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - This paper uses in-depth interview data from Cambridge, England, to discuss the concept of the 'cycling citizen', exploring how, within heavily-motorised countries, the practice of cycling might affect perceptions of the self in relation to natural and social environments. Participants portrayed cycling as a practice traversing independence and interdependence, its mix of benefits for the individual and the collective making it an appropriate response to contemporary social problems. In this paper I describe how this can be interpreted as based on a specific notion of cycling citizenship rooted in the embodied practice of cycling in Cambridge (a relatively high cycling enclave within the low-cycling UK). This notion of cycling citizenship does not dictate political persuasion, but carries a distinctive perspective on the proper relation of the individual to their environment, privileging views 'from outside' the motor-car.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1464-9365
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649360903414593
ID  - ref1
ER  -