Presentation based on experience of using walking interviews in the Connected Lives

Clark, Andrew

Emmel, Nick

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1We walk the walk, but can we talk the talk (with deference to John Lee Hooker): walkabouts to understand the lived environment of communityNick Emmel and Andrew ClarkReal Life MethodsPart of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methodswalkabouts• Something we just do as part of our investigation of networks, neighbourhood, and community and a method that:• helps us to understand a place better• acts as a catalyst in our research• is used in conjunction with other methods• helps us gain deeper sociological insight2walking the field site: something we just docomplex places…3but just doing is not enough• What are we doing?• Why are we doing the walkabouts?• How are we doing these walkabouts?• What are we learning, not learning, …?A critical reflection on our methodology.another complex place: the field and the route(Base image copyright Google earth 2006)4...one aspect of complexity is history…supplementing questions I want to ask5starting to know things about the placethe multi-sensory experience• There are places that are quiet.• There are places full of hustle and bustle• There are evocative smells• There are places that are easy to walk through, and others where you have to look where you tread• There are places that feel safe and others that feel unsafe 6case study: the playgroundwalkabouts as one method in the researchField diariesWalking interviewswalkaboutsDiary interviewsQuantitative data collectionParticipatory social mapsResearch QuestionsHistorical data collectionKey informant toursKey informant interviews7conclusions• More than something we just do• A way of engaging with place• A multi-sensory method• Additive rather than discrete modes of data • Contribute to a deeper sociological understanding of placeand so to John Lee Hooker

'We walk the walk, but can we talk the talk' (with deference to John Lee Hooker): walkabouts to understand the lived environment of community

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'We walk the walk, but can we talk the talk' (with deference to John Lee Hooker): walkabouts to understand the lived environment of community

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