Walking with [please insert here]: how autoethnographic walks enable us to consider the embodied relationship between people, place and planet

Hayes, Tracy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6330-6520 and Nicol, Robbie (2022) Walking with [please insert here]: how autoethnographic walks enable us to consider the embodied relationship between people, place and planet. In: 9th International Outdoor Education Research Conference (IOERC9), 18-22 July 2022, Ambleside, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

We learn a place and how to visualize spatial relationships, as children, on foot and with imagination. Place and the scale of place must be measured against our bodies and their capabilities (Snyder, 1990, p.98). What happens now we are adults? For many, walking is/has become a functional practice of putting one foot in front of the other, going from a place you need to leave in order to get to a place you want to be, whilst passing through places that rarely seem to matter. For some, walking has become more about seeking solace and healing, looking for joy, hope and/or fun in a challenging world (Hayes, 2021). This may include spiritual and/or religious elements, e.g. pilgrimage and/or walking with G/god(s). Who or what are we walking with when we walk? We will explore how ‘autoethnographic walks’ can follow Snyder’s lead, by incorporating Ingold’s (2000) ideas about dwelling to provide pauses in everyday walking activity to consider the embodied relationship between people, place and planet. Focusing on relations between self, others, and nature – the more-than-human world – enables us to adopt new ways of thinking, being, noticing and walking in/with nature. Thinking about/with temporal, spatial and socio-cultural connections enables us to learn from the past and then use the present to develop more sustainable ways of being (Nicol, 2020). Within this presentation, we will provide practical examples of how to incorporate autoethnographic walks into outdoor educational research and pedagogy.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments:	Institute of Science and Environment > Outdoor Studies
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2022 10:05
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2024 13:45
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/6613

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