Rowerem cargo pod prąd: praktyki i protesty w 15-minutowym mieście

Abstrakt

The 15-minute city has become one of the most politically contested urban planning concepts, provoking resistance both in physical urban spaces and online arenas. At the center of these controversies are restrictions on car traffic that demand reconfigurations of everyday mobility practices. This article examines a netnographic case study of resistance to Carlos Moreno’s concept and related velomobility initiatives in Poznań, Poland. It focuses on public reactions to the announcement of a cargo bike testing program for local entrepreneurs. Drawing on Elizabeth Shove’s practice theory, the analysis demonstrates that opposition arises not only from the material and technical limitations of cargo bikes, but above all from conflicts over meanings and gaps in competences. In this discourse, cars emerge as symbols of freedom and human dignity, whereas bicycles are associated with poverty, subjugation, and even “animalization.” Engaging Michel Foucault’s notion of the dispositif and Anna Tsing’s ethnography of global connections, I argue that protest should not be seen merely as an obstacle to implementation, as it happens in 15MC literature. Rather, it constitutes a constitutive force in the circulation of global urban concepts. The 15-minute city materializes through friction and resistance, revealing its non-monolithic and situated character within contemporary urban landscapes.