TY - JOUR
T1 - Cycling in a global world: Introduction to the special section
AU - Oldenziel, R.
AU - Oldenziel, Ruth
AU - Albert de la Bruheze, Adri A.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - During their transnational circulation, bicycles became glocalized as local users tailored them to fit local laws, customs, user preferences and cultures. Bicycles thus acquired many different local meanings as users incorporated them into daily lifes and practices in diverse global settings. To show the importance of 'normalized use', i.e. rural bicycle use, in which cycling became enduring, sustainable, new, old and new again, we need globally grounded histories of mobility.
AB - During their transnational circulation, bicycles became glocalized as local users tailored them to fit local laws, customs, user preferences and cultures. Bicycles thus acquired many different local meanings as users incorporated them into daily lifes and practices in diverse global settings. To show the importance of 'normalized use', i.e. rural bicycle use, in which cycling became enduring, sustainable, new, old and new again, we need globally grounded histories of mobility.
KW - METIS-288340
KW - IR-81702
U2 - 10.3167/tranS.2012.020203
DO - 10.3167/tranS.2012.020203
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 22
EP - 30
JO - Transfers
JF - Transfers
SN - 2045-4813
IS - 2
ER -