ABSTRACT
Media practice is seen as an enabling structure for (banal) mobilisation. This chapter focuses on homeless people and different processes of mobilisation in the context of homelessness. It argues for a kind of mobilisation that is not political, per se, but rather stems from quotidian practices and contexts to small forms. The chapter begins with the question of mobilisation and draws together for a preliminary definition of banal mobilisation. It applies the newly defined concept to a case study: different versions of mobilisation in the context of homelessness. The banal mobilisation concept, however, only explicitly returns at the end. This is a necessary mapping exercise since the combination of mobilisation and homelessness is not an established field. Additionally, the mapping helps to sharpen the banal mobilisation criteria developed in the initial definition. Hannah Arendt used the term banal in the context of the court trial for Adolf Eichmann's Nazi crimes.
