The World According to Peter Hart-Brinson
Bike Messengers
Research
I am currently conducting an ethnography of bicycle messenger occupation and culture. My current focus is on the demands of the occupation. Much more has been written about messenger culture, as the links on this webpage show. In the future, my goal is to write of the relationship between the occupation and the subculture. I will provide a more detailed description of my research after the period of data collection is complete.
There are a number of other sociological studies of bicycle messengers. See Kevin Wehr's new book, Hermes on Two Wheels, and the work of Jeffrey Kidder, a Ph.D. candidate at UC-San Diego.
Resources
International Federation of Bicycle Messenger Associations
Messenger email list and archives of the list serv.
Mess Media--Includes an archive of mass media coverage of bicycle messengers, discussion of benefits of bicycle messengers, and information about current issues facing working bicycle messengers
Links
Photos, Film, and Other Images listed on the IFBMA website
Moving Target messenger zine
Cog messenger magazine
Bicycle messenger bags and apparel
Photos at DC Courier
Tribes of the 21st Century episode on bicycle couriers
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Page last updated November 13, 2009