Interseriality and Different Sorts of Walking: Suggestions for a Relational Approach to Urban Walking

Kärrholm, Mattias; Johansson, Maria; Lindelöw, David; Ferreira, Inês

doi:10.1080/17450101.2014.969596

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“…On a walking trail, walkers are likely to encounter quite different objects of passage (Kärrholm et al, 2014) than they would traversing a busy urban street. In everyday walking the path is a means of getting from one place to another and more importance is ascribed to the "(s)hops, bars, parks and cafes" (Edensor, 2010, p. 70) at the destination.…”

Section: The Walking Environment and Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…A contribution of this study is that it further develops understanding of the dynamic and embodied qualities of walking experiences as people traverse a path, become tired and respond to changes in the environment (Doughty, 2013;Edensor, 2010;Kärrholm et al, 2014;Lefebvre, 2004;Vergunst, 2008). As we interviewed people, our surroundings, the path and the weather changed.…”

Section: Exploring the Dynamics Of The Walking Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…When conducting interviews on steep parts of the path or with speedier interviewees, we became aware of our own walking bodies as we became short of breath and our hearts pounded. Our responses reflected embodied movement along the path, and dynamic relationships with the walking environment (Evans & Jones, 2011;Kärrholm et al, 2014) felt sensations (Edensor, 2010;Green, 2009;Vergunst, 2008), emotional responses (Slavin, 2003;Solnit, 2002) and social interactions (Doughty, 2013). …”

Section: Exploring the Dynamics Of The Walking Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Landscape is embodied as the walker treads a path, marks it with their body and feels its bodily affects (Ingold, 2004;Edensor, 2000;. It is co-created by movement through space, using different senses, and responding to material objects, social context and environmental conditions which vary over time (Augoyard, 2007;Doughty, 2013;Kärrholm et al, 2014). The act of walking is "a place-making practice sustaining a sense of self-discovery through ascribing order over a place by passing through rather than simply inhabiting a pre-configured world."…”

Section: The Walking Environment and Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Green (2009) contends that in the UK leisure walking has "a particularly middle-class identity"…"in which a moral discourse valorizes the outdoor, the effortful, and the mundane as 'healthy', physically and spiritually, while denigrating other pursuits (television, theme parks, video games) as indoor, lazy and spectacle seeking" (2009, p. 33-34). Attitudes are constructed around the idea of "good behaviour" in terms of health (Caulkins et al, 2006;Kärrholm, Johansson, Lindelöw & Ferreira, 2014) and appropriate engagement with the environment (Jacobs, 1961;Gehl, 2010;Waitt et al, 2009). Leisure walkers adopt a distinct walking identity marked out by good technique (NHS, 2016), respect for the environment, membership of formal or informal walking groups and donning appropriate attire (Middleton, 2010).…”

Section: Walking Well-being and Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This paper uses walk along interviewing to investigate embodied experiences of walking on the South Downs Way, a long distance trail in southern England.Using a qualitative methodology -encompassing 93 walk-along interviews and auto-ethnographic reflections of two walker/researchers -it explores how walkers conceptualise their own walking experiences and captures this information while they are walking. It contributes to and extends the emerging body of literature which explores people's experience, specifically aiming to develop a deeper understanding of leisure walking experiences in the dynamic space of the walk.It examines a range of bodily sensations and emotional states associated with the leisure walking experience in the context of temporal and environmental aspects, identifying those feelings that are innate and those which are mediated by external conditions. Current experiences intertwine with memories of other places and times in a process where connections are made between mind, body, the immediate physical environment, self and others, and disconnections from everyday life and the wider environment. These connections and disconnections create a sense of perspective, achievement and well-being.

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Migration is an inherently spatial phenomenon as it depicts the processes and effects of humans' movement from one place to another. Recent debates in geographical migration research highlight the need to adequately understand how the distinct nature of space and place shape migration and arrival processes. Taking up this call, this contribution proposes to bring together more‐than‐relational approaches to space in geography and the ‘local turn’ in research on migration and integration. Drawing on the empirical example of refugee reception and integration in the city of Rostock in Germany, the contribution explores how space, it's persisting and changing elements, impacts migration flows and constrains or supports migrants' arrival processes. The analysis works along three aspects of more‐than‐relational approaches to space, namely the role of persistent spatial aspects, such as the topography or national borders, and their interplay with relational space; the impact of spatially confined administrative units and regional embeddedness; and the temporal depth of space. The contribution closes by proposing two points how a more‐than‐relational approach can enhance the conceptualisation of space in geographical migration studies: (1) the mutual constitution of relational and non‐relational aspects of space into a specific space shaping migration flows through their interplay, and (2) the openness of a ‘phase space’ approach towards future developments admitting that the inner logic of a place can develop and change.

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Interseriality and Different Sorts of Walking: Suggestions for a Relational Approach to Urban Walking

Cited by 40 publications

References 45 publications

Taking a hike: exploring leisure walkers embodied experiences

Taking a hike: exploring leisure walkers embodied experiences

Understanding arrival contexts of local refugee reception using a ‘phase space’ perspective

Urban Nature and Designing for Mental Health

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