Theorising the everyday work of cycle mechanics

Tummons, Jonathan

Abstract

Drawing on interim findings from an ethnography of a cycle mechanics’ workshop, this article demonstrates how the work of the mechanics rests on not only specific and contextualised craft expertise but also on distributed networks of both people and things, within which highly specialist instances of expertise or competence manifest alongside more generic, even mundane, instances of subjectivised, experiential knowledge or habit. Through an analysis of ethnographic data using a composite theoretical framework, designed as a mosaic consisting of three different but equal components, the article provides descriptions and theorisations of everyday work that reconcile contextualised situated accounts of craft expertise with the wider sociotechnological and cultural networks within which such contextualised spaces are located.

Citation

Tummons, J. (online). Theorising the everyday work of cycle mechanics. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 28(3), 313-329. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2023.2206712

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 22, 2023
• Online Publication Date: May 16, 2023
• Deposit Date: May 17, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: May 17, 2023
• Journal: Research in Post-Compulsory Education
• Print ISSN: 1359-6748
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-5112
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 313-329
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2023.2206712
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1174140