ABSTRACT

Mobility in the context of higher education is often privileged to large(r)- scale international movements, neglecting the everyday mobilities practiced by students. This is important, as banal mobilities constitute important affective experiences for students. In responding to calls for a micro-bodily mobilities approach to student geographies in the UK, we draw on semi-structured interviews conducted with university students aged 18–25 studying in Greater Manchester. Through discussing the complex, multilayered everyday walking mobilities of students, we illuminate how embodied, emotional and affective walking mobility practices shape students’ experiences and identities. Findings show that, for students in our study, moorings are often as important as mobilities to identity formation, and place attachment. Bringing to the fore the embodied, emotional and affective nature of student micro-mobilities is necessary, since various forms of movement and stillness are important to student wellbeing, enabling students to have space and time to think, reflect, and form attachments and belonging with people and spaces. This paper has implications for higher education and urban designers. We contend that it is crucial to draw attention to students’ experiences of walking and sitting in the city, which significantly contribute to constructing sense of place and belonging to the university city.

摘要

高等教育背景下的流动性往往有利于大规模的国际运动，而忽视了学生的日常流动性。这很重要，因为平庸的流动性构成了学生重要的情感体验。为了响应对英国学生地域采用微观身体流动方法的呼吁，我们利用对在大曼彻斯特学习的 18-25 岁大学生进行的半结构化访谈。通过讨论学生复杂的、多层次的日常步行活动，我们阐明了具体的、情感的和情感的步行活动实践如何塑造学生的体验和身份。研究结果表明，对于我们研究中的学生来说，系泊通常与身份形成和地方依恋的流动性一样重要。突出体现的，学生微观流动的情感和情感本质是必要的，因为各种形式的运动和静止对学生的幸福感很重要，使学生有空间和时间思考、反思，并形成对人和空间的依恋和归属感。本文对高等教育和城市设计师具有重要意义。我们认为，关注学生在城市中的步行和坐姿体验至关重要，这对于构建地方感和大学城归属感具有重要意义。本文对高等教育和城市设计师具有重要意义。我们认为，关注学生在城市中的步行和坐姿体验至关重要，这对于构建地方感和大学城归属感具有重要意义。本文对高等教育和城市设计师具有重要意义。我们认为，关注学生在城市中的步行和坐姿体验至关重要，这对于构建地方感和大学城归属感具有重要意义。