Negotiating the ground: "mobilizing' a divided field site in the "post-conflict' city

While an exploration of mobility patterns in post-conflict' societies has much to tell us about how division is produced through ordinary activities, less work has considered the practical application of a mobilities lens' during fieldwork in such contexts. Negotiating the ground in highly polarized contexts presents a unique array of challenges, but also offers opportunities to make use of mobile methodologies. This paper discusses the advantages of GPS-based technologies and walking interviews to a recent activity-space segregation study in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and reflects on methodological issues posed by the post-conflict' field site.