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SUMMARY:Negotiating Regimes of Resettlement and Gentrification in Urban Cy
 cling Using a Co-Design Approach - Pratim Sengupta
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DESCRIPTION:**Objectives and Scholarly Significance**\nIn this talk\, we w
 ill report initial findings from a research project (Yr 1 of 4) that seeks
  to centre participation of refugee youth of colour in urban cycling in Ca
 lgary\, Canada. Despite the extensive cycling infrastructure in Calgary\, 
 we show that refugee youth face significant constraints shaped by gentrifi
 cation and resettlement policies\, and also how this can be addressed thro
 ugh youth-centred co-design. We present a case study of four youth partici
 pants from Africa\, Middle East and South Asia (two boys and two girls). O
 ur work contributes to the growing literature on mobility justice that cri
 tiques infrastructural thinking (Hudde\, 2022\; Anjaria\, 2024\; Soares & 
 Glaser\, 2025) and argues for adopting decolonial perspectives that must n
 ecessarily desettle static notions of space (Scheller\, 2020). \n\n**Resea
 rch Questions**\nWe ask the following research questions: \nRQ1) What are 
 the constraints faced by the youth in their experiences of cycling? \nRQ2)
  How can these constraints be negotiated through a youth-centred\, co-desi
 gn approach? \n\n**Method**\nOur project uses a co-design approach in whic
 h researchers meet regularly with youth to explore urban sustainability\, 
 including active mobility. For this presentation\, the data we focus on co
 nsists of audio recorded interviews with the youth about their experiences
  of active mobility\, and video recordings of our co-design workshops focu
 sed on active mobilities. In these workshops\, we (the researchers and the
  youth) watch and reflect on videos of both the youth and the researchers 
 riding in the city\, critique routes and infrastructure\, and design route
 s for future rides. \n\n**Analysis & Findings**\nOur analysis using constr
 uctivist grounded theoretical methods (Charmaz\, 2017) reveals the followi
 ng: In terms of answering RQ1\, the structural constraints include resettl
 ement policies that in turn are tied to racialized and economically margin
 alizing patterns of gentrification and employment. This\, in turn\, has fo
 rced these youth and their families to move to racially segregated neighbo
 urhoods that are farthest from the city centre\, which also has implicatio
 ns for access to\, as well as the quality of bike infrastructure. In terms
  of answering RQ2\, our co-design approach identifies the importance of es
 tablishing a youth-centred cycling community for newcomers of colour\, ren
 ders visible the otherwise hidden\, “maintenance labour” of identifyin
 g and addressing technical and infrastructural concerns prior to\, and dur
 ing the rides\, and also reveals the need for developing new technological
  supports for navigation specifically designed to address intersectional m
 arginalization. \n\n**References**\nAnjaria\, J. S. (2024). Mumbai on two 
 wheels: cycling\, urban space\, and sustainable mobility. University of Wa
 shington Press. \nCharmaz\, K. (2017). The power of constructivist grounde
 d theory for critical inquiry. Qualitative inquiry\, 23(1)\, 34-45.\nShell
 er\, M. (2020). Mobility justice. In Handbook of research methods and appl
 ications for mobilities (pp. 11-20). Edward Elgar Publishing. \nHudde\, A.
  (2022). The unequal cycling boom in Germany. Journal of Transport Geograp
 hy\, 98\, 103244.\nSoares\, B. O.\, & Glaser\, M. (2025). Beyond infrastru
 cture: Unpacking the complexity of exclusion and implications for just mob
 ility transitions. Journal of Transport Geography\, 126\, 104202.
LOCATION:Room 2 (Lecture Room 2.1)
URL:https://pretalx.com/crbam-2026/talk/TNYVN3/
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