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Bicycle Utopias
Bicycle Utopias
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Author(s): Popan, Cosmin
ISBN No.: 9780367582241
Pages: 218
Year: 202006
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 67.92
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (On Demand)

Chapter 1, Prologue: Imagining a slow bicycle system The new 'structure of feeling' The end of neoliberalism: embracing the slow The urban form Bike + train + cargo = love Cycling as mobility policy From subculture to culture The bicycle economy and big data Know-how and technology transfer Innovations in bicycles and accessories Broader societal and economic changes Steps from 2016 to 2050 Chapter 2, Introduction: Tips of the cycling iceberg Chapter 3: How to imagine biketopias Utopia as method Conclusions: Enacting the social Chapter 4: Beyond autopia The elephant in the city From autopia to Carmageddon Electric, autonomous, networked, shared The mobility growth paradigm Going car-free Careless car-free? Conclusions: Beyond cars, beyond growth Chapter 5: Utopias, dystopias, biketopias In praise of slowness Early biketopias of modernity and progress Fast cycling for urban regeneration and growth Slow bicycle utopias Mad Max on a bike Convivial biketopias Bike spaces of hope Conclusions: A break from growth Chapter 6: Senses On growing pedals Velomobility at a glance Grow ears, awaken the whole body Working the inner body: balance and movement Pain festivities: 'sufferfest' How to achieve eurhythmia? Conclusions: Flowing towards eudaimonia Chapter 7: Sociabilities Cycling as interaction order and sociable practice The Ride-Formation Swarm sociabilities Conversation sociabilities Carnivalesque sociabilities Club sociabilities The chain-gang The accordion Conclusions: Fluid Ride-Formations Chapter 8: Slowness Need for speed Tactics of slowness Affecting the slow Slowness, sufficiency, de-growth Conclusions: A norm of sufficiency Chapter 9: Conclusions.


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