Seminar 1

TU-BS, 2005/6

1. Seminar series:

Gender, transport and information communication in the developed world.

Seminar 1. October 26^th

Introduction: an overview.

The seminar will provide an overview of the course. It will draw attention to the miniaturisation of information communication technologies and to the radical drop in the cost of such technologies noting that these changes have led to highly distributed use of these technologies by households and by individuals. The seminar will explore the advent of cheap readily available information communication technologies for the operation of transport systems in their interaction with gender.

The key document for this course will be:

http://www.eoc.org.uk/PDF/wp_34_gender_equality_in_transport.pdf

Week1 Seminar Notes

Seminar 2 November 2^nd

Gender, transport and stranded mobility: a traditional set of relationships

This seminar will provide an introduction to the concept of stranded mobility. The seminar will explore the interactions between household organisation, the transport system and the mobility constraints experienced by women.

Week2 Seminar Notes

Seminar 3 November 9th

Gender, transport and flexible scheduling: new options provided through information communication technologies.

This seminar will explore the extent to which new information communication technologies can be used to substitute for travel, to better coordinate travel and to more efficiently share tasks between household members. The seminar explores the consequences new information communication technologies can have for gender equity.

Week3 Seminar Notes

Seminar 4 November 16^th

Redesigning the relationship between gender, transport and information communication technology: identifying the importance of gender representation in planning

This seminar draws attention to the role information communication technologies can play in better integrating women into the planning process and transport and planning professions

Week4 Seminar Notes

Seminar 5 November 23^rd

Gender, transport and information communication technology: the advent of the home office and teleworking.

This seminar will explore the impact of new information communication technologies on women’s employment opportunities and will consider the impact that such change can have on their transport needs and upon the transport system

Week5 Seminar Notes

Seminar 6 November 30^th

Gender, transport and information communication technology: new sociabilities, new travel patterns.

This seminar will explore the new sociabilities that are emerging around the advent of domestic information communication technologies and explore the travel patterns that have emerged and are likely to emerge around them.

Week6 Seminar Notes

Seminar 7 December 7^th

Gender, information communication technology and accessibility planning: institutional adjustments in an electronic age.

This seminar will introduce the concept of accessibility planning: at the heart of this concept is the delivery of necessary social and economic services within neighbourhoods. The electronic delivery of services is an important institutional option for reducing congestion and environmental damage which at the same time could greatly reduce the time density of women’s tasks. The seminar explores the form that such services could take in conjunction with the physical delivery of services into a neighbourhood.

Week7 Seminar Notes

Seminar 8 December 14^th

Gender, transport and health care: demand responsive transport, intelligent booking systems and health care system savings.

This seminar examines the implications of new information communication technologies for the design of transport modes better suited to the needs of women, most particularly in respect of their health needs. The seminar explores demand responsive transport options and the consequences that the adoption of such new modes of transport provision could have upon health care system savings.

Week8 Seminar Notes

Seminar 9 December 21^st

Ethnicity, gender and mobilising social capital in mobility arrangements: the use of the cell phone.

This seminar will explore the use of the cell phone by low income women from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and describe the impact that the availability of the cell phone has on the flexible organisation of household and social network mobility arrangements. The seminar reflects on the implications of these coordinatory capabilities for gendered social capital development,

Week9 Seminar Notes

Seminar 10 January 11^th

Measuring and modifying the relationship between gender and transport: the role of new information communication technologies.

This seminar will explore the role new information communication technologies can play in measuring and modifying the relationship between gender and transport to produce and afford greater social equity in mobility.

Week10 Seminar Notes

Seminar 11 January 18^th

Wrap up