learning project: mobility
Just started a new learning project today. For 90 days, I will be learning about mobility solely using audiobooks. Topics include mobility alternatives, the history of cars and life after it, and walking as an embodied experience. As usual, I will employ active recall and flow-based note taking.
Below, you can see that I will have a particular focus for each month. Fortunately, I have a job right now where I have many hours of listening time.
Overall focus: Transforming awareness into lived practice: from understanding car dominance to actively reimagining daily movement.
Structure: 3 Audiobooks per month
Content: Spotify Audiobooks, Apple Books, Hoopla, Libby
Month 1: Understanding The System [Day 1-30]
Seeing the hidden structure of car culture
Audiobooks:
- Life After Cars - Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon
- Carmageddon - Daniel Knowles
- Saving Ourselves from Big Car - David Obst
Month 2: Embodied Experience [Day 31-60]
Rediscovering movement at human scale
Audiobooks:
- A Walking Life - Antonia Malchik
- Just Ride - Grant Petersen
- Flâneuse - Lauren Elkin
Month 3: Reimaginings and Applying [Day 61-90]
From ideas to vision and action
Audiobooks:
- Feminist City - Leslie Kern
- Wanderers - Kerri Andrews
- Biketopia - Robert Bose
I can definitely see myself transitioning into this industry as a 10% activist [this concept is from the book, “Fear of Missing Out” by Patrick McGinnis]. My intention is to use this blog to document my learning, progress, and takeaways from each audiobook.