Negotiating the ground: 'mobilizing' a divided field site in the 'post-conflict' city. Issue 6 (2nd November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hocking, Bree T.; Sturgeon, Brendan; Whyatt, Duncan; Davies, Gemma; Huck, Jonny; Dixon, John; Jarman, Neil; Bryan, Dominic
• Is Part Of: Mobilities. Volume 13:Issue 6(2018)
• Page Start: 876
• Page End: 893
• Publication Date: 2018-11-02
• Subjects: Mobile methodologies -- walking interviews -- GPS tracking applications -- activity-space segregation -- researching post-conflict societies -- urban polarization -- Northern Ireland conflict; Transportation -- Periodicals; 300.5
• DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2018.1504664
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-0101

Abstract

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.