Mobilities, Crises, and Turns: Some Comments on Dissensus, Comparative Studies, and Spatial Histories
in Mobility in History
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Peter Merriman
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In this article Merriman responds to Gijs Mom's suggestion that mobility historians should develop a common research agenda, formulate big questions, and adopt a transnational and comparative approach. In reply, Merriman suggests that dissensus and multiple approaches have their advantages, and highlights the ongoing importance of the national as a frame of understanding, as well as the importance of spatially sensitive approaches that pose clear challenges to comparative methodologies.