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Its a question of balance mobile methodologies
and studies of mobility
Ben Fincham University of Brighton
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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Capturing elements of the social world that
    involve movement through space
  • Methodologies specifically designed to translate
    the experiences and meanings of types of
    mobility, for different populations and different
    contexts

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Introduce methodology employed during study of
    bicycle messengers
  • Examine potential of corroboratory mobile methods
  • Discussion of ethnography and methodological
    fetishism

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Anytown, UK.
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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • selection and recall bias
  • documentary purism
  • Intention to get closer to the moments of the
    experiences that would be analysed
    retrospectively .

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Right. Im at the bottom of St Pauls Street on
    the way in. Ive already had two near misses and
    couldnt crash because of the police. Crash the
    lights. Its very strange the driving is quite
    aggressive but its often like that on a Friday.

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • short of breath Just got up to TV company,
    Hell TV as its otherwise known because it is
    such a long way its kind of two miles uphill
    and now Im going across to media company and
    Im completely knackered. The thing is Ive taken
    my jacket off because it is too hot and now Ive
    taken it off Im far too cold. Perennial problem.

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • bit of a mad time because none of us have got
    any spare inner tubes and DJ got a puncture up
    north which was a bit of a bummer, so weve all
    been running around like crazy, and hes walking
    three miles into town now, hes very pissed off.

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • 20 minutes later Talk about a risk
    environment. I just handed my folder to a
    secretary at law firm and she caught her finger
    on it and there was a bit of a fuss about the
    injury she sustained, which was a slightly red
    finger. I was going to bang on about well I
    dunno other risks. Ive just bumped into DJ at
    the side of the road, Middle Road very fucked
    off, wants to go home. No inner tube, started to
    rain, very boring.

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Out of breath Currently coming through the
    park, Cathedral Park going to media company
    erits about sort of lunchtime Im feeling a
    bit tired but the weather is fabulous, its a
    bit windy but its dry and the suns come out
    out er the traffics actually been ok today. I
    mean a few near scrapes but this was something
    that came out in one of the interviews. Is the
    job dangerous if you have near misses and to what
    extent are your expertise as a worker keeping you
    safe? The other thing to say is that its one of
    the rare occasions when we have a woman working
    today, and shes getting the same sorts of jobs
    as everyone else, there doesnt seem to be any
    distinctions between the sorts of work shes
    doing. I, on the other hand, am getting odd looks
    for looking like I am talking to myself most of
    the day.

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Highlighted the mundane
  • Screened out situatedness
  • Allowed space for reflection contradictory to
    the intention

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Introduction of visual and aural data
    re-introduces the unusual in everyday experiences
  • Adds another dimension to the surety of
    assertions
  • triangulation?

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Development of techniques
  • Data capture
  • Techniques of gathering data that more closely
    describe situations
  • Data analysis
  • Post-hoc reflections on data intended to capture
    phenomena that are temporally specific

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Sounds like ethnography to me
  • Use of technologies and techniques across
    disciplines
  • Distinctiveness in analysis

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • The conundrum
  • How to best capture elements of the social world
    that involve movement through space
  • Difficulties inherent in examining the dynamic
    and the danger of fixing the flow

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mobile methodologies and studies of mobility
  • Methodological fetishism and scholarship
  • Problem centred research vs. methods centred
    research

Its a question of balance mobile methodologies
and studies of mobilityBen FinchamUniversity
of Brighton
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