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Empowerment of Cyclist Collective Identity in the Social, Safe, and Celebratory Spaces of Critical Mass

Dahl, Garrett Thomas
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251231748

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2009, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
This study seeks to understand the formation of activist collective identities within the temporary biketivist spaces of the Critical Mass cycling event. I collected data through participant observation in Critical Mass rides in Athens, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, and Minneapolis, Minnesota from June of 2008 through February of 2009 in addition to semi-structured interviews with cyclists. These methods elicited data that speaks to the relationship between police, automobiles, and Critical Mass cyclists. While the Critical Mass and automotive majority exhibit a contentious relationship that solidifies cyclist collective identity around a common opposition, police play a more complex role of enforcer, referee between automobile and cyclist, and fuel to the carnival of transgression. As Critical Mass expresses emergent collective identities within an auto-centric cultural environment, a social, safe, and celebratory space allows for actualization of social movement tactics and goals.
Stephen Scanlan (Committee Chair)
Joseph Deangelis (Committee Member)
Bruce Hoffman (Committee Member)
64 p.
Sociology
Critical Mass; Cycling; Collective Identity; Space; Social Movements

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  • Dahl, G. T. (2009). Empowerment of Cyclist Collective Identity in the Social, Safe, and Celebratory Spaces of Critical Mass [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251231748

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dahl, Garrett. Empowerment of Cyclist Collective Identity in the Social, Safe, and Celebratory Spaces of Critical Mass. 2009. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251231748.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dahl, Garrett. "Empowerment of Cyclist Collective Identity in the Social, Safe, and Celebratory Spaces of Critical Mass." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251231748

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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