Commuting,exercise and sport: an ethnography of long-distance bike commuting |
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Authors: | Jonas Larsen |
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Institution: | Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark |
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Abstract: | The uniqueness of this article is that it deals with long-distance bike commuting in pro-cycling Copenhagen and its environs. Informed by practice theory and sensuous studies of urban and sport practices, I discuss the ‘things and environments’, ‘meanings’ and ‘competences and biological bodies’ that typify long-distance commuter cycling. This article develops cycling literature and the ‘mobilities paradigm’ in the following ways: by outlining a practice approach to cycling; challenging the idea that commuter cycling is only for short distances; undermining the distinction between utility and sport cycling; and lastly by connecting the ‘mobilities paradigm’ with literature on active travel and sport studies. |
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Keywords: | Cycling mobility practice ethnography |
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