Atlanta Through the Windshield: Understanding Queer Embodiment Through Mobility
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Keywords: queer, embodiment, mobility, atlanta
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Rachael Cofield, Florida State University
Parvathy Binoy, Colgate University
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'Walking as method' is useful but privileges certain cities. Atlanta as a site is not walkable, huge metro area, car-dependent city in the southeastern United States. Dominated by anti-MARTA (public transit) sentiments that are heavily connected to race. In this presentation I will describe what driving is like there and explain Atlanta through a car windshield where individuals engage in a kind of cyborg feminism. Driving impacted interview process - physical exhaustion, extremely particular about timing, participants also discussed transit and mobility within the context of being queer in the city. Finally, I will discuss how driving was a part of the method of accessing the city in my work.
Atlanta Through the Windshield: Understanding Queer Embodiment Through Mobility
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