Tid: 13.15-14.30
Plats: Online – Zoom
På engelska
Lived, Mapped and Imagined Neighbourhoods: Using Multiple Methods to Examine the Geography of Everyday Life and the Meaning of Proximity
Sara Forsberg, biträdande universitetslektor, Kulturgeografiska institutionen vid Uppsala universitet
Natasha Webster, universitetslektor/docent, Institutionen för kulturgeografi vid Örebro universitet
Abstract
The presentation draws on empirical work conducted within the RJ-funded research programme Lyckliga gatan, which explores processes of polarisation and social cohesion in relation to attitudes, values, lifestyles, and behaviours in contemporary Sweden. As part of the programme, a national survey was carried out to investigate how different life trajectories cluster spatially and how this correlates with attitudes, values, and neighbourly interaction.
To follow up on the survey findings, we conducted in-depth interviews with respondents living in diverse urban and rural contexts across Sweden. These interviews combined several qualitative techniques—such as walking interviews, neighbourhood mapping, and life trajectory drawings—to explore how people make sense of their immediate surroundings and how these spaces intersect with their life paths.The interview results highlight the meaning of proximity and how the places where we live are entangled with memories, routines, and emotions. In the presentation, we will also reflect on the possibilities and limitations of accessing the lived experience of neighbourhoods by drawing on multiple methods. We particularly show how the interviews deepen our understanding of how places are interwoven with personal histories and daily practices, contributing to the layered and shifting temporalities that make up the areas where we live.
Kommentator: Cecilia Fåhraeus, postdoktor, Institutionen för urbana studier vid Malmö universitet
Seminarieledare: Martin Grander, biträdande lektor/docent, Institutionen för urbana studier vid Malmö universitet