Abstract Ethnographers have always had to be concerned with the movements of their informants, and this article identifies the continuing importance of bodily technique and skill in fieldwork from a mobilities perspective. It develops an approach to technology and technique from Marcel Mauss to consider the relationship between ethnography as a technological enterprise and as a set of bodily skills. Evidence is presented on technology as ‘gear’ amongst hill‐walkers in north east Scotland, many of whom adhere to a ‘low‐tech’ aesthetic. Drawing inspiration from them, the suggestion is made that ethnographers should be cautious of adopting ‘high‐tech’ tools for their research. Examples of GPS (Global Positioning System) use amongst the hill‐walkers and in cases from the literature illustrate these themes. Finally, the article argues that making the techniques of ethnographic research more broadly known might have the advantage of making the results more useable and accessible.

Jo Vergunst

Mobilities

Mobilities examines both the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital, and information across the world, as well as more local processes of daily transportation, movement through public and private spaces, and the travel of material things in everyday life. Recent developments in transportation and communications infrastructures, along with new social and cultural practices of mobility, present new challenges for the coordination and governance of mobilities and for the protection of mobility rights and access. This has elicited many new research methods and theories relevant for understanding the connections between diverse mobilities and immobilities.

The journal Mobilities examines both the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital, and information across the world, as well as more localized processes of daily transportation, movement through public and private spaces, and the travel of material things in everyday life. Recent developments in transportation and communications infrastructures, along with new social and cultural practices of mobility, present new challenges for the coordination and governance of mobilities and for the protection of mobility rights and access. This has elicited many new research methods and theories relevant for understanding the connections between diverse mobilities and immobilities.

《Mobilities》期刊探讨了人、物体、资本和信息在全球范围内的大规模流动，以及日常交通、公共和私人空间的移动，以及日常生活中物质的旅行等更为本地化的过程。近年来，交通和通信基础设施的发展，以及新的社会和文化流动实践，给流动性协调和治理、流动权利和获取的保护带来了新的挑战。这些变化催生了许多新的研究方法和理论，帮助我们理解不同流动性与静止状态之间的联系。

Category	Quartile
社会学	2
社会学, 地理学	3
社会学, 交通运输	3

Technology and Technique in a Useful Ethnography of Movement

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