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240508 SE MM2 Cycling Cities: Exploring Urban Mobility through (More or Less) Two Wheels (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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The course can only be taken together with PR 240512 (10 ECTS) and you need to register for both courses.Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 01.02.2025 00:01 to Mo 24.02.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 17.03.2025 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- N Monday 03.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 10.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 17.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 31.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 28.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 19.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 16.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 30.06. 15:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
o Attendance and active participation (10 points)
o preliminary research question (10 points)
o discussion papers (30 points)
o exercise: participant observation (20 points)
o final research proposal (30 points)AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) may be used as “inspirational aids” and for reflecting on own original work after consulting with the course instructor, provided that the procedures and results are appropriately documented. In doing so, the rules of good scientific practice must be observed. Detailed guidelines for this will be discussed at the beginning of the course.
o preliminary research question (10 points)
o discussion papers (30 points)
o exercise: participant observation (20 points)
o final research proposal (30 points)AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) may be used as “inspirational aids” and for reflecting on own original work after consulting with the course instructor, provided that the procedures and results are appropriately documented. In doing so, the rules of good scientific practice must be observed. Detailed guidelines for this will be discussed at the beginning of the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
A total of 100 points can be achieved for all partial achievements.Grades:
91 - 100 points = 1 (sehr gut)
81 - 90 points = 2 (gut)
71 - 80 points = 3 (befriedigend)
61 - 70 points = 4 (genügend)
00 - 60 points = 5 (nicht genügend)
91 - 100 points = 1 (sehr gut)
81 - 90 points = 2 (gut)
71 - 80 points = 3 (befriedigend)
61 - 70 points = 4 (genügend)
00 - 60 points = 5 (nicht genügend)
Examination topics
Mandatory literature
Reading list
Anjaria, Jonathan Shapiro (2020). "Surface pleasures: Bicycling and the Limits of infrastructural thinking." South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal 43 (2): 267-280.
Emerson, Robert M., Rachel I. Fretz & Linda L. Shaw (1995). Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press.
Horton, Dave, Peter Cox & Paul Rosen (2007). Introduction: Cycling and Society. In: D. Horton, P. Cox & P. Rosen, Cycling and Society. Hampshire and Burlington, Ashgate Publishing: 1-23.
Konopinski, Natalie, Ed. (2014). Doing Anthropological Research: A Practical Guide. London, Routledge.
Murthy, Mana & Malini Sur (2023). "Cycling as work: mobility and informality in Indian cities." Mobilities 18(6): 855-871.
Prins, Annemiek (2024). "Reconfiguring rickshaw mobilities: formalization and exception in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone." Mobilities, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2024.2412116
Suhr, Agnete, Mikael Colville-Andersen, Pedro Madruga & Kristen Maddox (2012). The Bicycle Choregraphy of an Urban Intersection – An Anthropological Study. Frederiksberg, Copenhagenize Design Co.
Vivanco, Luis Antonio (2013). Reconsidering the Bicycle: An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing. New York, Routledge.
Zuev, Dennis, Katerina Psarikidou & Cosmin Popan, Eds. (2021). Cycling Societies: Innovations, Inequalities and Governance. Routledge studies in transport, environment and development. New York, Routledge.
Emerson, Robert M., Rachel I. Fretz & Linda L. Shaw (1995). Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press.
Horton, Dave, Peter Cox & Paul Rosen (2007). Introduction: Cycling and Society. In: D. Horton, P. Cox & P. Rosen, Cycling and Society. Hampshire and Burlington, Ashgate Publishing: 1-23.
Konopinski, Natalie, Ed. (2014). Doing Anthropological Research: A Practical Guide. London, Routledge.
Murthy, Mana & Malini Sur (2023). "Cycling as work: mobility and informality in Indian cities." Mobilities 18(6): 855-871.
Prins, Annemiek (2024). "Reconfiguring rickshaw mobilities: formalization and exception in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone." Mobilities, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2024.2412116
Suhr, Agnete, Mikael Colville-Andersen, Pedro Madruga & Kristen Maddox (2012). The Bicycle Choregraphy of an Urban Intersection – An Anthropological Study. Frederiksberg, Copenhagenize Design Co.
Vivanco, Luis Antonio (2013). Reconsidering the Bicycle: An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing. New York, Routledge.
Zuev, Dennis, Katerina Psarikidou & Cosmin Popan, Eds. (2021). Cycling Societies: Innovations, Inequalities and Governance. Routledge studies in transport, environment and development. New York, Routledge.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Tu 28.01.2025 11:46
The courses take place in joint sessions. Building on appropriate basic methodological knowledge in ethnographic fieldwork, the Feldpraktikum and the Methodenseminar aim to acquire consolidated practical skills in the field of empirical social research. In particular, the reflective development and implementation of a research project based on ethnographic fieldwork is practiced.
Thematically, we focus on socio-material structures, practices, and meanings related to cycling and urban mobility. The course investigates how cycling contributes to shaping urban life, mobility patterns, and social interactions. This includes exploring cycling infrastructure, policies, cultural meanings, and environmental implications, as well as the experiences of cyclists themselves. Vienna and its surroundings serve as the primary research context, offering diverse opportunities to examine cycling as a complex and dynamic element of urban mobility. Current anthropological debates on mobility, sustainability, and socio-materiality will provide theoretical and thematic points of reference.
Within this broad thematic framework, students develop their own research project individually or in groups, depending on their own interests; the course instructor discusses exemplary research topics at the beginning of the course. On the basis of relevant literature and under the guidance of the course instructor, students develop a research concept, establish access to the relevant ethnographic field, collect ethnographic data, carry out initial data analysis and present the research findings in the form of interim presentations and a final research report.
Ethnographic fieldwork including participant observation is a central and mandatory part of the Feldpraktikum/Methodenseminar and will take place in settings in and around Vienna.