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Space and Culture - 1 November 2010; Vol. 13, No. 4 = URL: http://sac.sagepub.com/content/vol13/issue4/?etocRhythms of Walking: History and Presence in a City StreetJo VergunstSpace and Culture 2010;13 376-388http://sac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/4/376?etocThis article draws on Lefebvre’s notion of rhythm to contribute to the  theorization of embodied space and urban experience.                      Through gestures (learned and patterned movements),  the body gathers together material and social relations in the street                      and produces rhythms that the ethnographer can  listen to and take part in. In the article, the temporality of walking,  combining                      past, present and future, is used to incorporate  the history of a particular street in Aberdeen, Scotland, into an  analysis                      of the walking practices of those who use it.  Temporal “presence” is suggested as a mode of ethnography appropriate to  shared                      walking, and by which both the familiar and the  hidden or mysterious aspects of urban walking can be described. By  engaging                      both with ordinary walking and more distinctive  practices, the article shows how the ways that people walk in the street  become                      part of local politics and social relations.Negotiation in Motion: Unpacking a Geography of MobilityOle B. JensenSpace and Culture 2010;13 389-402http://sac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/4/389?etocThis article argues for an understanding of public transit spaces as  sites of multiple dynamic interactions. Much inspired                      by the approach of Erving Goffman, the article  explore a “mobilized” understanding of some of his central concepts. The  theoretical                      underpinning is the development of concepts related  to interaction, mobility, and transit that focus on notions of the  “mobile                      with,” “negotiation in motion,” “mobile sense  making,” and “temporary congregations.” The theoretical approach aims at  seeing                      public transit spaces as sites where cars,  pedestrians, mopeds, and bikes on a regular basis “negotiate” not only  routes in                      and across the space but also express dynamic flows  of interaction in motion. The claim is that what seems like ordinary  urban                      movement patterns are more than this. By moving in  the city among buildings, objects, and people, one interacts with the  “environment,”                      making sense of it and ultimately producing culture  and identity. Empirically, Nytorv square in Aalborg, Denmark, is mapped                      and analyzed through recurrent field studies. The  article aims at unpacking the geography of mobility at the site of  Nytorv                      by applying the two perspectives of the “river” and  the “ballet” to the mobile practices of the site.