Abstract
While an exploration of mobility patterns in ‘post-conflict’ societies has much to tell us about how division is produced through ordinary activities, less work has considered the practical application of a mobilities ‘lens’ during fieldwork in such contexts. Negotiating the ground in highly polarized contexts presents a unique array of challenges, but also offers opportunities to make use of mobile methodologies. This paper discusses the advantages of GPS-based technologies and walking interviews to a recent activity-space segregation study in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and reflects on methodological issues posed by the ‘post-conflict’field site.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Mobilities |
| Early online date | 21 Sep 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Early online date - 21 Sep 2018 |
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Keywords
- Methodology
- walking interviews
- GPS
- space segregation
- Post Conflict
- Northern Ireland
- Urban polarisation
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Negotiating the ground: 'mobilizing' a divided field site in the 'post-conflict' city. / Hocking, Bree T.; Sturgeon, Brendan; Whyatt, Duncan ; Davis, Gemma ; Huck, Jonathan ; Dixon, John; Jarman, Neil; Bryan, Dominic.
In: Mobilities, 21.09.2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Negotiating the ground: 'mobilizing' a divided field site in the 'post-conflict' city
AU - Hocking, Bree T.
AU - Sturgeon, Brendan
AU - Whyatt, Duncan
AU - Davis, Gemma
AU - Huck, Jonathan
AU - Dixon, John
AU - Jarman, Neil
AU - Bryan, Dominic
PY - 2018/9/21
Y1 - 2018/9/21
N2 - While an exploration of mobility patterns in ‘post-conflict’ societies has much to tell us about how division is produced through ordinary activities, less work has considered the practical application of a mobilities ‘lens’ during fieldwork in such contexts. Negotiating the ground in highly polarized contexts presents a unique array of challenges, but also offers opportunities to make use of mobile methodologies. This paper discusses the advantages of GPS-based technologies and walking interviews to a recent activity-space segregation study in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and reflects on methodological issues posed by the ‘post-conflict’field site.
AB - While an exploration of mobility patterns in ‘post-conflict’ societies has much to tell us about how division is produced through ordinary activities, less work has considered the practical application of a mobilities ‘lens’ during fieldwork in such contexts. Negotiating the ground in highly polarized contexts presents a unique array of challenges, but also offers opportunities to make use of mobile methodologies. This paper discusses the advantages of GPS-based technologies and walking interviews to a recent activity-space segregation study in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and reflects on methodological issues posed by the ‘post-conflict’field site.
KW - Methodology
KW - walking interviews
KW - GPS
KW - space segregation
KW - Post Conflict
KW - Northern Ireland
KW - Urban polarisation
U2 - 10.1080/17450101.2018.1504664
DO - 10.1080/17450101.2018.1504664
M3 - Article
JO - Mobilities
JF - Mobilities
SN - 1745-0101
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