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BIKEurious: A Transportation Reorientation

Since a young age, I have been interested in bicycling as a form of fun and fanciful recreation, but it wasn’t until the summer of 2011 that a serious shift occurred in my understanding of the bike as more than a mere machine. A spontaneous 700-mile journey redefined my relationship with travel, transcended my notions of transportation, and enabled me to better mediate myself within my environment. In writing about these experiences, I hope to offer some insight into how American culture currently frames transportation and how I hope the construction of a bike positive culture can instill social, environmental, and political change. Concurrently, I created a pin-up style bicycle calendar featuring enthusiasts from the Claremont Colleges to foster a sense of community around bicycling and inspire riders and non-riders alike to further explore their ‘bicyxuality’. Intermingling this nonfiction piece with a thoughtful reflection on the BIKEurious calendar project, this paper serves to explain my creative undertakings and, ultimately, call into question the hierarchy of transportation in America today.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:CLAREMONT/oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:pomona_theses-1051
Date13 May 2012
CreatorsRussell, Aerienne
PublisherScholarship @ Claremont
Source SetsClaremont Colleges
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourcePomona Senior Theses
Rights© 2011 Aerienne Russell

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