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Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam: learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey to school
Porter, G.; Hampshire, K.; Abane, A.; Munthali, A.; Robson, E.; Mashiri, M.; Maponya, G.
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Professor Kate Hampshire k.r.hampshire@durham.ac.uk
Professor
A. Abane
A. Munthali
E. Robson
M. Mashiri
G. Maponya
Abstract
This paper draws on mobility research conducted with children in three countries: Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. It has two interlinked aims: to highlight the potential that mobile interviews can offer in research with young people, especially in research contexts where the main focus is on mobility and its impacts, and to contribute empirical evidence regarding the significance of everyday mobility to young people's lives and future life chances in sub-Saharan Africa. During the pilot phase of our research project on children, transport and mobility, the authors undertook walks home from school with teenage children1 in four different research sites: three remote rural, one peri-urban. As the children walked (usually over a distance of around 5 km) their stories of home, of school and of the environment in-between, gradually unfolded. The lived experiences narrated during these journeys offer considerable insights into the daily lives, fears and hopes of the young people concerned, and present a range of issues for further research as our study extends into its main phase.
Citation
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., Mashiri, M., & Maponya, G. (2010). Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam: learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey to school. Children's Geographies, 8(2), 91-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733281003691343
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Apr 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | May 4, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 1, 2011 |
Journal | Children's Geographies |
Print ISSN | 1473-3285 |
Electronic ISSN | 1473-3277 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 91-105 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14733281003691343 |
Keywords | Walking, Environment, Hazards, Gendered work patterns, Educational access. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1520794 |
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This is an electronic version of an article published in Porter, Gina and Hampshire, Kate and Abane, Albert and Munthali, Alister and Robson, Elsbeth and Mashiri, Mac and Maponya, Goodhope (2010) 'Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam : learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey to school.', Children's geographies., 8 (2). pp. 91-105.
Children's geographies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1473-3285&volume=8&issue=2&spage=91
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