Abstract
This critical commentary reflects on a rapidly mobilised international podcast project, in which 25 urban scholars from around the world provided audio recordings about their cities during COVID-19. New digital tools are increasing the speeds, formats and breadth of the research and communication mediums available to researchers. Voice recorders on mobile phones and digital audio editing on laptops allows researchers to collaborate in new ways, and this podcast project pushed at the boundaries of what a research method and community might be. Many of those who provided short audio 'reports from the field' recorded on their mobile phones were struggling to make sense of their experience in their city during COVID-19. The substantive sections of this commentary discuss the digital methodology opportunities that podcasting affords geographical scholarship. In this case the methodology includes the curated production of the podcast and critical reflection on the podcast process through collaborative writing. Then putting this methodology into action some limited reflections on cities under COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing initiatives around the world are provided to demonstrate the utility and limitations of this method.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 434-450 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie |
Volume | 111 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 9 Jun 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Royal Dutch Geographical Society / Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig
Keywords
- cities
- COVID-19
- digital methodology
- methodology
- podcast
- sonic geographies
- urban