Between Protest and Counter-Expertise: User Knowledge, Activism, and the Making of Urban Cycling Networks in the Netherlands Since the 1970s
Abstract Around 1970, high numbers of traffic casualties among cyclists led to the creation of numerous local protest movements in the Netherlands. While activists employed protest strategies, their main interest lie in the way they exemplify a highly successful instance of “lay expertise”; the idea that users of a technology have a fundamentally different and valuable perspective on a technology than experts or system-builders. Specifically, cyclists claimed to be more knowledgeable about cycling conditions and safety than the state-employed engineers and traffic experts who built the roads a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin ; volume 30, issue 3, page 281-309 ; ISSN 0036-6978 1420-9144 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Schlagwörter: | History |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26848553 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00048-022-00341-y |