Children's interdependent mobility: compositions, collaborations and compromises

Bjorn Nansen; L Gibbs; Colin MacDougall; Frank Vetere; Nicola Ross; John McKendrick

doi:10.1080/14733285.2014.887813

Children's interdependent mobility: compositions, collaborations and compromises

Bjorn Nansen, L Gibbs, Colin MacDougall, Frank Vetere, Nicola Ross, John McKendrick

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Abstract

This paper discusses findings from Australian research that used a qualitative and participatory methods approach to understand how children develop and negotiate their everyday mobility. Children's mobility negotiations are discussed in reference to interactions with parents, peers and places; journeys in relation to their multi-modality, compositionality and temporality; and mobility formations in terms of ‘companionship’ – travel companions, companion devices and ambient companions. Children's mobility is characterised by interdependencies that both enable and configure this mobility. Three themes – compositions, collaborations and compromises – are used to detail and describe some of the ways these interdependencies take shape and unfold.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	467-481
Number of pages	15
Journal	Children's Geographies
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2014.887813
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2015

Keywords

children
companions
independent mobility
interdependency
mobile methods
mobility

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