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By Zeynep Ceren Akyüz Correia This blog post was inspired by Onur Eylul Kara´s online course “Children Through the Eyes of World” and the discussions we had in the seminars. In my birth country Turkey, the initial reaction to the coronavirus pandemic was to rush to stock up on hand sanitizers (kolonya). Later, people sought …

Be a ‘Kidult’ and Be with Children: Some Thoughts on Active and Public Transportation Read More »

By Merilin Raidmets In this blog post, Merilin Raidmets (Tallinn University) reflects on her experiences as a research assistant in PUTSPACE. During 2021, Raidmets assisted Louise Sträuli with fieldwork on care mobilities in Tallinn, Estonia. What is public transport without the public? Even though it can have a bad reputation, one should keep in mind …

An Ode to Public Transport Read More »

By Tauri Tuvikene, Tonio Weicker, Louise Sträuli, Wojciech Kębłowski, Wladimir Sgibnev, Marcus Finbom, Céline Drieskens During the corona pandemic, public transport has faced multiple challenges. Not only have user numbers tended to diminish, but the experiences, feelings and norms that characterize public transport as a public space have also changed. PUTSPACE examined such effects during the first and …

Infographics: PUTSPACE Survey on COVID-19 & Public Transport Read More »

Interview by Adam Borch On Wednesday 15 September 2021, PUTSPACE visited to the new tram in Tampere, Finland. The trip was arranged by our PhD student, Aleksandra Ianchenko, and along with her came Jason Finch, Silja Laine, Louise Sträuli, Zeynep Correira and Adam Borch. Unlike other large Finnish cities such as Helsinki and Turku, Tampere …

‘Oh Lucky Tampere, It Looks Like a Proper City Centre Now’: Reflections on a Visit to a New Tram Network Read More »

By Adam Borch The comedian Jerry Seinfeld is fond of cars. One need not look further than his successful show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012-) to get a sense of the enthusiasm that has led him to create a collection worth millions of dollars. However, when back in January 2021, the Metropolitan Transport Authority …

‘Getting a Best Man at a Lesbian Wedding’: Seinfeld and the Experience of Riding the New York Subway Read More »

By Reza Shaker In this blog, Reza Shaker discusses the research he did as a Fellow in the PUTSPACE Project. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Public transport is filled with intense encounters. There bodies with different race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, class, ability, appearance, …

Waiting for the Carriage Read More »

Written by Liubov Tugolukova. This blog was first written for the Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde. To read the full post, please follow the link below. Soviet public transport inspires a wide range of emotions among citizens who lived in a country that forever disappeared from the world’s political map. Various Internet forums and videos uploaded on …

What was public transport for the Soviet citizens? Read More »

By Aleksandra Ianchenko In this post, artist and PhD student Aleksandra Ianchenko reflects on the use of sketching as a research method for understanding and describing atmosphere in public transport spaces. In the first part, she discusses sketching from a methodological perspective, considering some of its advantages as a way of approaching atmosphere as a …

Sketching Atmospheres at Public Transport Stops in Tallinn Read More »

PUTSPACE has published a working paper entitled Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities. (Authors: Tauri Tuvikene, Wojciech Kębłowski, Tonio Weicker, Jason Finch, Wladimir Sgibnev, Louise Sträuli, Silja Laine, Frédéric Dobruszkes, Aleksandra Ianchenko). The working paper which lays out the rationale and conceptual background of thinking of public transport as public space is now …

Publication: Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities Read More »

By Karol Kurnicki On 9 March 2021, Karol Kurnicki organised an online workshop on the theme “Public-Oriented Mobility Through Digital Technology”. The workshop was part of Kurnicki’s PUTSPACE Fellowship at the Leibniz-Institute für Länderkunde (IfL). Participants Kirill Galustov (IfL), Wojciech Kębłowski (PUTSPACE), Meike Levin-Keitel (TU Dortmund), Indra Lukosiene (PUTSPACE), Ibrahim Mubiru (TU Dortmund), Egor Muleev …

Workshop Report: “Public-Oriented Mobility Through Digital Technology” Read More »