Everyday Mobilities

The Wellcome Centre for Cultures + Environments of Health is a centre of excellence that aims to develop and sustain cultures and environments that support health and well-being.

Wellcome Centre Cultures + Environments of Health

Social, cultural and environmental perspectives on getting around

The Everyday Mobilities Workshop is a hybrid event happening at the University of Exeter with some speakers attending on-site and others attending online. Online registration is free. Once registered, you will receive the links to join online, attend the talks and contribute to Q&amp;As.

In recent years, daily travel - especially in urban spaces - has been increasingly politicised. Concerns about the climate emergency, air pollution, and inequities of health and risk exposures have shifted discussions about everyday mobility, simultaneously producing new policy thinking, planning experiments, activist movements, and public backlash. This workshop opens up these developments to critical reflection, interdisciplinary exploration, and historical consideration. It explores the social relations, cultural frames, and environmental concerns with which everyday travel has become entangled in different local, national and transnational contexts, as well as attending to the varied histories and possible futures of "getting around".

<h3>About the Speakers </h3><a href="https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/research-fellows/martin-moore/" title="https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/research-fellows/martin-moore/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Martin Moore</a> | Research Fellow in the Wellcome Centre for Cultures &amp; Environments of Health at the <a href="https://www.exeter.ac.uk/?&amp;" title="https://www.exeter.ac.uk/?&amp;" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Exeter</a><a href="https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/academics/judith-green/" title="https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/academics/judith-green/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Judith Green</a> | Professor of Sociology in the Wellcome Centre for Cultures &amp; Environments of Health at the <a href="https://www.exeter.ac.uk/?&amp;" title="https://www.exeter.ac.uk/?&amp;" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Exeter</a><a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/alisonstenning.html" title="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/alisonstenning.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Alison Stenning</a> | Professor of Social &amp; Economic Geography at <a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/?_gl=1*zwopij*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTk0ODQ5MTA4Mi4xNzE4NjI1MDc0*_ga_VH2F6S16XP*MTcxODYyNTA3My4xLjAuMTcxODYyNTA3My4wLjAuMTUyOTkyOTQ1" title="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/?_gl=1*zwopij*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTk0ODQ5MTA4Mi4xNzE4NjI1MDc0*_ga_VH2F6S16XP*MTcxODYyNTA3My4xLjAuMTcxODYyNTA3My4wLjAuMTUyOTkyOTQ1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Newcastle University</a><a href="https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/anant-jani/" title="https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/anant-jani/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Anat Jani</a> | Research Associate in the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development at the <a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/" title="https://www.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Oxford</a><a href="https://www.drake.edu/enss/faculty/diannostikasari/" title="https://www.drake.edu/enss/faculty/diannostikasari/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Dian Nostikasari</a> | Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability at <a href="https://www.drake.edu/" title="https://www.drake.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Drake University</a><a href="https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/tom-breen" title="https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/tom-breen" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Tom Breen</a> | Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the School of Education, Humanities and Languages at <a href="https://www.brookes.ac.uk/" title="https://www.brookes.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Oxford Brookes University</a><a href="https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/peter-norton" title="https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/peter-norton" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Peter Norton</a> | Associate Professor of History at the <a href="https://www.virginia.edu/" title="https://www.virginia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Virginia</a><a href="https://www.utu.fi/fi/ihmiset/tiina-mannisto-funk" title="https://www.utu.fi/fi/ihmiset/tiina-mannisto-funk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Tiina Mannisto-Funk</a> | Academy Research Fellow and Docent in the History of Technology at the <a href="https://www.utu.fi/fi" title="https://www.utu.fi/fi" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Turku</a><a href="https://www.geschichte.kit.edu/english/21_771.php" title="https://www.geschichte.kit.edu/english/21_771.php" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Silke Zimmer-Merkle</a> | DPhil student with the Department of History at <a href="https://www.kit.edu/english/" title="https://www.kit.edu/english/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Karlsruhe Institute of Technology</a><a href="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/d/elsa-devienne/" title="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/d/elsa-devienne/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Elsa Devienne</a> | Assistant Professor of Humanities at the<a href="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/" title="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> University of Northumbria</a><a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/staff/1124/professor-martin-zebracki" title="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/staff/1124/professor-martin-zebracki" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Martin Zebracki</a> | Professor of Human Geography &amp; Social Inclusion at the <a href="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/" title="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Leeds</a><a href="https://arch-history.exeter.ac.uk/history/profile/index.php?web_id=kn319" title="https://arch-history.exeter.ac.uk/history/profile/index.php?web_id=kn319" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Kalathmika Natarajan</a> | Lecturer in Modern South Asian History at the <a href="https://www.exeter.ac.uk/?&amp;" title="https://www.exeter.ac.uk/?&amp;" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Exeter</a><a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/performance/staff/3356/dr-dani-abulhawa-" title="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/performance/staff/3356/dr-dani-abulhawa-" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Dani Abulhawa</a> | Lecturer in Contemporary Applied Performance at the <a href="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/" title="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Leeds</a><a href="https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/graduate/research/yfliu.html" title="https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/graduate/research/yfliu.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Yi Fan Liu</a> | DPhil student with the Transport Studies Unit at the <a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/" title="https://www.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Oxford</a><a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/munro-john" title="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/munro-john" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr John Munro</a> | Lecturer in United States History at the <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/" title="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Birmingham</a><a href="https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/mariam-draaijer" title="https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/mariam-draaijer" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mariam Draaijer</a> | CEO at <a href="https://joyriders.org.uk/" title="https://joyriders.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Joyriders</a><a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/authors/zoe-banks-gross" title="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/authors/zoe-banks-gross" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zoe Banks Gross</a> | Head of Partnerships &amp; Public Affairs for the South of England at <a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/" title="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustrans</a><a href="https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50002838" title="https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50002838" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Councillor Ed Lamb</a> | Green Party representative at <a href="https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50002838" title="https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50002838" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wirral Borough Council</a><a href="https://climatemediacoalition.wordpress.com/directors/" title="https://climatemediacoalition.wordpress.com/directors/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Caspar Hughes</a> | Director at the <a href="https://climatemediacoalition.wordpress.com/directors/" title="https://climatemediacoalition.wordpress.com/directors/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Climate Media Coalition</a><a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/andrewhoolachan/#d.en.566826" title="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/andrewhoolachan/#d.en.566826" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Andrew Hoolachan</a> | Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at the <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/" title="https://www.gla.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Glasgow</a><a href="https://theecologist.org/profile/pearl-ahrens" title="https://theecologist.org/profile/pearl-ahrens" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pearl Ahrens</a> | <a href="https://farefreelondon.org/" title="https://farefreelondon.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fare Free London Campaign</a><a href="https://saheli.co.uk/author/naseem/" title="https://saheli.co.uk/author/naseem/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Naseem Akhtar </a>| Project Manager at <a href="https://saheli.co.uk/" title="https://saheli.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Saheli Hub</a>

Thursday 4 July

•	Martin Moore (Exeter), “You’re riding this train over and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over… and then you die”: health, illness and the commute in Britain since 1945”
•	Alison Stenning (Newcastle), "Children, families, the environment and play on streets”
•	Anant Jani (Oxford), “The medicalisation of mobility”

Culture & Mobility

•	Dian Nostikasari (Drake), “"Inhabiting Digital Spaces: An Informational Right to the City for Mobility Justice"
•	Tom Breen (Oxford Brookes), “Mapping movement: documenting rights of way on the definitive map”

Environment & Mobility

•	Tiina Männistö-Funk (Turku), “Gender and age in activism: A history of situated transport knowledge”
•	Silke Zimmer-Merkle (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), TBC
•	Elsa Devienne (Northumbria), “‘Surely the time has come to abolish that barbaric twice-daily ritual?’: Performance, Politics and Pollution on the British School Run”

Age, Gender & Mobility

Martin Zebracki is a Professor of Human Geography and Social Inclusion in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. He has researched and published widely at the intersection of public art, place and identity; sexual and queer geographies; public and digital spaces; and social inclusivity. His recent funded projects revolve around queer monuments and sexual diversity; art and activism for environmental justice; and inclusive field research practice.

Queer mobilities: The hidden costs of LGBTQ+ people in public transportation

Friday 5 July

•	Dani Abulhawa (Leeds), “Skateboarding in Palestine”
•	Yi Fan Liu (Oxford), “Save this TikTok for your next Uber ride: Gendered violence and social media in everyday ride-hailing mobilities”
•	John Munro (Birmingham), "Cycling in Solidarity: The Big Ride for Palestine and the Mobility Politics of Internationalism"

Activism and Mobility: Academic Perspectives

•	Mariam Draaijer (Women’s Freedom Ride/Joyriders), “Women’s and family cycling activation in London through behaviour change projects”
•	Zoe Banks Gross (Sustrans England South), “Streets for everyone: why we need to create more inclusive places for walking, wheeling and cycling in our cities and towns”
•	Ed Lamb (Low Traffic Future/Wirral Council), “Reflections”

Whose Streets?

•	Caspar Hughes (Climate Media Coalition), “Reflections”
•	Andrew Hoolachan (Glasgow/Replace the M8), “Replace the M8? Voices and visions of an inner urban motorway removal in Glasgow, Scotland”
•	Pearl Ahrens (Fare Free London), “Envisioning a free city in a changing climate”
•	Naseem Akhtar, BEM (Sähëlï Hub), “Transforming travel the Saheli way” 

Our Streets!

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