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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 467-481 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Children's Geographies |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Jul 2015 |
Keywords
- children
- companions
- independent mobility
- interdependency
- mobile methods
- mobility