Abstract

COSTA, Rosalina Pisco; OLIVEIRA, Catarina Sales  and  BARBOSA, A. Márcia. Drawing mobility. The potential of sketching for mobility studies. Forum Sociológico [online]. 2020, n.36, pp.67-76.  Epub Aug 02, 2021. ISSN 0872-8380.  https://doi.org/10.4000/sociologico.9216.

This article focuses on the potential of sketching for mobility studies. Crossing the concerns and specificities of mobile methodologies with the issues raised using arts-based methodologies in social sciences, particularly in sociology, we proceed to confront this framework with the experience of a mobile methodology workshop held in the context of a seminar on mobility. The results of this experiment led to the emergence of three central themes when discussing the role of drawing as a tool at the service of mobile methodologies : the apparent determinism imposed by pre-existing skills and abilities in the researcher ; the importance of time when observing the passage of time ; and, finally, the ethical issues associated with drawing on the spot. The paper ends with a reflection on the main challenges of the use of this tool in mobility studies’ research.

Keywords : creative methods; mobilities; drawing; art.

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