Negotiating the ground: 'mobilizing' a divided field site in the 'post-conflict' city

Bree T. Hocking; Brendan Sturgeon; Duncan  Whyatt; Gemma  Davis; Jonathan  Huck; John Dixon; Neil Jarman; Dominic Bryan

doi:10.1080/17450101.2018.1504664

Negotiating the ground: 'mobilizing' a divided field site in the 'post-conflict' city

Bree T. Hocking, Brendan Sturgeon, Duncan Whyatt, Gemma Davis, Jonathan Huck, John Dixon, Neil Jarman, Dominic Bryan

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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	https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2018.1504664
Publication status	Published - 02 Nov 2018

Keywords

Methodology
walking interviews
GPS
space segregation
Post Conflict
Northern Ireland
Urban polarisation

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R1582HIS: The Belfast Mobility Project: Intergroup contact, segregation and the time geography of sectarian relations in North Belfast
Bryan, D.
25/01/2016 → 31/01/2018
Project: Research

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