Capturing everyday life using mental mobilities mapping

Keywords: Everyday life, mental mobilities mapping, consumption, sustainable planning
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Sunday
Session Start / End Time: 2/27/2022 09:40 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/27/2022 11:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 77

Abstract

The three main CO2 consumption areas of our everyday life is related to food, mobility, and housing practices. This means that for a sustainable transition to be realized, everyone needs to adjust their everyday life practices within these areas. The changes of our everyday life consumption practices are though difficult to adjust as they are entangled deeply in habits and routines. This research’s foundation argues that for a sustainable transition to be realized, one needs to understanded the practices in an interconnected way.
This research presents the use of mental mobilities mapping to understand how everyday life is performed by young adults living in Denmark. Using a blanc piece of paper and a pen, the young adults draw their everyday mobility routes; from leaving the house, going to work, and stopping at supermarkets. This method allows for a visual dialog on the everyday life’s structure while it shed light on the interconnected practices within food, mobility, and housing. The mapping captures urban lives as complex dynamics while it focuses on the urban layout, spatiality, and time, among other relevant driving forces of the (un)sustainable practices. The understanding of the interconnected practices and driving forces identified through mapping allows for an exploration of how planning for sustainable everyday life can connect practices usually placed within isolated sectors.