-Tactics and Concepts for Highly Mobile People

smaller house compared to the others, but travel more often for leisure than many of the
others interviewed. I furthermore went to the home of Zhen, a 50-­‐year-­‐old immigrant
and entrepreneur who live with her husband in Los Angeles. They have two children who
have just moved out of the home for educational purpose. They are in the middle of
constructing a large new home in a gated community.
The last interviews are conducted in Dubai, where I interviewed a newly retired British
businessman in his mid 50’s, Sean, who live with his wife and adult daughter while their
son ran the family business in England. I furthermore experience the home of a
Scandinavian businessman, Alfred, who was also newly retired. He lives with his partner
and travel to Europe multiple times every month. The largest home I have visited was
under construction while I was there and Burhaan, who also owns 9 other homes around
the world, owned it. He is in his mid 40’s and work in the real estate business. I also
visited Ibrahim, a businessman in his early 30’s, who has just moved into his first dream
home with his wife and their new son. Lastly I went to a penthouse apartment, where
Scott lives. He is a general manager in a large company and also the second most frequent
flyer at the airplane company. He lives with his wife and their two young children.
In the coming paragraphs I will present some of the findings I have identified through
analysis of the interviews.
5.3. Tactics identified
The work has led to identification of seven different tactics that people perform as a way
of coping with mobility and helping them create a sense of home. I will elaborate each
tactic and exemplify some observations that have led to identifying each tactic in separate
chapters below. The tactics is homing that is further subdivided in specific actions. They
are:
Territorializing is a way of taking in more/new territory
Bubbling is shutting out context
Artifacting is obtaining a sense of home through artifacts
Connecting is staying in touch remotely
Differentiating is contextualizing a sense home
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