Bicycles for Mutual Aid: A Participatory Action Research Project with the Toronto Bike Brigade

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dc.contributor.advisorHayhurst, Lyndsay M.
dc.contributor.authorNachman, Jessica Rodica
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:34:20Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:34:20Z
dc.date.copyright2022-08-12
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:34:20Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe term “bicycles for development” (BFD) has emerged to consider bicycling for achieving similar goals to sport for development (SFD) – or the use of sport as a vehicle for social development (Kidd, 2008). This project builds on previous BFD work by forging novel directions for research on BFD, including: 1) how bicycle-related activities contribute to COVID-19 recovery, specifically in promoting a more environmentally sustainable and equitable world for vulnerable populations; and 2) the ways that cycling can be taken up by QT and BIPOC to challenge existing systems of inequality. Guided by a participatory action research project in partnership with The Bike Brigade, the data collection methods used in this project included arts-based methods and semi-structured interviews. Findings suggested that QT and BIPOC cyclists were taking up bicycling through mutual aid frameworks to support their communities and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbated inequality. Further research is needed in the fields of BFD and SFD that: 1) prioritize and center diverse perspectives on bicycling; and 2) engage with creative methodologies such as arts-based approaches.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40707
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectKinesiology
dc.subjectEnvironmental justice
dc.subject.keywordsMutual aid
dc.subject.keywordsBicycles
dc.subject.keywordsSport for development
dc.subject.keywordsBicycles for development
dc.subject.keywordsMobility
dc.subject.keywordsDecolonial feminism
dc.subject.keywordsFeminist new materialism
dc.subject.keywordsParticipatory action research
dc.subject.keywordsAnti-racism
dc.subject.keywordsGender-based violence
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental justice
dc.subject.keywordsArts-based methods
dc.titleBicycles for Mutual Aid: A Participatory Action Research Project with the Toronto Bike Brigade
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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