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ethnographic fieldwork with global positioning system technology and an
interactive questionnaire that children completed via mobile phone. This
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of children’s everyday movements. The study combined documentation of children’s
subjective experiences with systematic observations, mapping, and survey data.
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children’s everyday mobility. One such lesson was that it required the
interdisciplinary research team to cooperate closely through dialogue, support,
and coordination of activities and perspectives. The approach also promoted the
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