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

Bree T. Hocking, Brendan Sturgeon, Duncan Whyatt, Gemma Davies, Jonny Huck, John Dixon, Neil Jarman and Dominic Bryan

Mobilities, 2018, vol. 13, issue 6, 876-893

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.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2018.1504664

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