Lloyd2019a

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Lloyd2019a
BibType ARTICLE
Key Lloyd2019a
Author(s) Mike Lloyd
Title The non-looks of the mobile world: a video-based study of interactional adaptation in cycle-lanes
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Tag(s) EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Space, Looking, Cyclist-pedestrian interaction, Cycle-lanes
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Year 2019
Language English
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Journal Mobilities
Volume 14
Number 4
Pages 500-523
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DOI 10.1080/17450101.2019.1571721
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Abstract

This empirical study uses video data to examine interactional adaptation between cyclists and pedestrians in a relatively new cycle-lane. Existing research on intersections shows order is achieved through the frequent use of a look-recognition-acknowledgement sequence. Whereas this is found in the cycle-lane interactions, there is also an important divergent technique which on the surface seems less cooperative. Others are made to cede space based on ‘doing and being oblivious’, in short, forms of non-looking force others to take evasive action and subtly alter their line of travel. Here the dynamic nature of this obliviousness is shown through empirical examples. Even though it is not always easy to distinguish between the two forms of non-looking, it is concluded that ‘doing oblivious’, whilst possibly annoying for others, is most probably harmless, but there are good reasons to be more concerned about ‘being oblivious’, for it may lead to collisions between pedestrians and cyclists. Aspects of non-looking provide an important addition to knowledge of the mobile world, suggesting we renew attention to specific sites where people concert their movements in minutely detailed ways.

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