Bikeactivism in emerging cities. The case of Biciespacio in Posadas

Abstract

Based on in-depth interviews and field visits, the article describes the recent history of the urban cycling movement in the city of Posadas, Misiones province. In a first section we review the theoretical contributions produced by the social sciences to approach cycling mobility, in a second section we review relevant aspects of the history of the movement in favor of the bicycle in Argentina and the world; and in the third section focuses in the history of the concrete practices of Posadas´s bike activists.