نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
مدرس گروه شهرسازی، دانشکده معماری و شهرسازی، دانشگاه سوره، تهران، ایران.
چکیده
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
This study contributes to an emerging body of research by examining the conceptual metaphors and discursive mechanisms shaping vernacular understandings of urban cycling in Tehran, and introduces the term Critical Mobilinguistics to conceptualize this intersection. The central question is how commonly circulating statements in everyday discourse—such as “cycling in Tehran is a failed project,” “Tehran’s slope is unsuitable for cycling,” “this is not Amsterdam,” and “cycling in polluted Tehran is harmful”—through linguistic patterns, metaphorical framing, and discursive strategies, reinforce the dominant automobility regime while marginalizing alternative mobility futures.
Methodologically, the study is based on autoethnography and the interpretive analysis of recurrent statements drawn from the researcher’s lived experience over more than a decade of research and direct engagement in the field of urban cycling development in Tehran. The findings indicate that these commonly expressed statements cannot be understood merely as scientific arguments, technical considerations, or personal opinions. Rather, they operate within relatively coherent discursive logics and through strategies such as naturalization, depoliticization, individualization, project-based framing, and exceptionalization.
These strategies simultaneously render the existing car-oriented mobility system as realistic and natural, thereby reinforcing the dominant discourse, while weakening and marginalizing non-automobile alternatives, particularly urban cycling. The study’s contribution lies in integrating these analytical frameworks within an interdisciplinary approach and proposing the concept of Critical Mobilinguistics, applied in the context of Iran.
The findings suggest that a transition toward human-centered mobility systems requires critical intervention at the level of language: deconstructing dominant metaphors, destabilizing the car-oriented discourse, and strengthening alternative mobility narratives. In this process, language, collective imaginaries, and policy frameworks are simultaneously rearticulated.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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