Bicicleta, mobilidades e itinerários: pensando o fazer urbano de mulheres que pedalam em Belém/Pará

Abstract

The research discusses the relationships between women and mobility through bicycles in Belém do Pará. It analyzes the narratives of three women who use bicycles as a means of transportation and a tool for work; it explores how they claim urban space and the meanings present in these practices. Through direct and participant observation as well as the production and reflection of biographical narratives, the study highlights the diverse uses of bicycles in Belém, despite the predominantly male presence that still characterizes cycling culture. The stories of Nayane, Renata, and Suelen emphasize the bicycle as an instrument of empowerment, resistance, and personal transformation; it enables them to create strategies, negotiate their spaces in the city, and challenge gender inequalities. In the narratives produced in the research, the bicycle is not just a mode of transportation but also an extension of the body, an object of affective memory, and a symbol of freedom.