080070 VU B220 Selected Field of Research: Cycling as cultural technique (2022S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Tu 01.02.2022 07:00 to We 23.02.2022 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 14.03.2022 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Attention: additional meeting on May 20, 2022 from 16h30-18h for participant observation in Critical Mass Vienna.
- Tuesday 08.03. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 08.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 22.03. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 22.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 05.04. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 05.04. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 03.05. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 03.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 17.05. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 17.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 31.05. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 31.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 14.06. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 14.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 28.06. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
- Tuesday 28.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In this course we explore cycling as cultural technique. Calling cycling a cultural technique relates it to other much older techniques such as writing or agriculture. By tracing the bicycle's mere 200 hundred year history from the Draisine to contemporary e-bikes we explore the social, cultural, and political dimensions of this technological artefact and its enculturation as technique. We will investigate the changing designs, uses, and meanings of bicycles and the experience of cycling in order to understand the complex relationship between a technology and its perceived affordances across the domains of work, mobility, sport, engineering, and activism. We will also aim to interrogate the political potentialities of cycling at a moment when the bicycle has become nearly imperative for climate-friendly transportation and urban planning.Important: this course will involve numerous excursions to locations around Vienna (and possibly around beyond). These excursions will preferably be bicycle-powered. It is thus *highly recommended* that you have access to a bicycle that meets traffic regulations and that you can ride safely. If you do not, please contact the instructor for further information.
Assessment and permitted materials
Die Lehrveranstaltung ist prüfungsimmanent, Anwesenheitspflicht.- Aktive Mitarbeit: Sitzungsvorbereitung, Teilnahme an Diskussionen und Exkursionen
- Reading Notes
- Auswahl an Übungen
- Gemeinsames Erstellen einer Zine zum Thema Radfahren
- Reading Notes
- Auswahl an Übungen
- Gemeinsames Erstellen einer Zine zum Thema Radfahren
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Für den erfolgreichen Abschluss der LV sind zumindest 50 von 100 möglichen Punkten zu erreichen. Alle Teilleistungen sind zu erbringen. Wird eine Teilleistung zur Gänze nicht erbracht, wird dies als Abbruch der LV gewertet. Liegt keine Entschuldigung (etwanachgewiesene längere Krankheitsphase) vor, erfolgt eine Beurteilung mit Nicht genügend (5).Notenskala:= > 87,5 sehr gut (1)= > 75 gut (2)= > 62,5 befriedigend (3)= > 50 genügend (4)< 50 nicht genügend (5)
Examination topics
Reading list
Auswahl:
Augé, Marc. 2017. Lob des Fahrrads. Translated by Michael Bischoff. 4th ed. München: C.H.Beck.
Bijker, Wiebe E. 1997. Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change. MIT Press.
Herr, Benjamin. 2018. Ausgeliefert: Fahrräder, Apps und die neue Art der Essenszustellung. Wien: ÖGB Verlag.
Klausner, Martina, and Maren Klotz. 2016. Stadt erfahren: ethnografische Explorationen urbaner Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen. 1. Auflage. Berliner Blätter ; Heft 73, Sonderheft. Berlin: Panama Verlag.
Lessing, Hans-Erhard. 2017. Das Fahrrad: eine Kulturgeschichte. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta.
Lugo, Adonia, Allison Mattheis, and Maryann Aguirre. 2017. “Bicycle Anthropology of Los Angeles.” In Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting, edited by Jenny Banh and Melissa King, 21–44. Lexington Books.
Moore, Kay. 2012. The Great Bicycle Experiment: The Army’s Historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97. Missoula, Mont: Mountain Press.
Augé, Marc. 2017. Lob des Fahrrads. Translated by Michael Bischoff. 4th ed. München: C.H.Beck.
Bijker, Wiebe E. 1997. Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change. MIT Press.
Herr, Benjamin. 2018. Ausgeliefert: Fahrräder, Apps und die neue Art der Essenszustellung. Wien: ÖGB Verlag.
Klausner, Martina, and Maren Klotz. 2016. Stadt erfahren: ethnografische Explorationen urbaner Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen. 1. Auflage. Berliner Blätter ; Heft 73, Sonderheft. Berlin: Panama Verlag.
Lessing, Hans-Erhard. 2017. Das Fahrrad: eine Kulturgeschichte. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta.
Lugo, Adonia, Allison Mattheis, and Maryann Aguirre. 2017. “Bicycle Anthropology of Los Angeles.” In Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting, edited by Jenny Banh and Melissa King, 21–44. Lexington Books.
Moore, Kay. 2012. The Great Bicycle Experiment: The Army’s Historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97. Missoula, Mont: Mountain Press.
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