Teaching sensory geographies in practice: transforming students’ awareness and understanding through playful experimentation

Morris, Nina

doi:10.1080/03098265.2020.1771685

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“…Within human geography terms such as visceral (Hayes‐Conroy, 2017; Sweet, 2017), haptic (Crang, 2003), and sensory (Morris, 2020; Vannini et al., 2012), have also been adopted by scholars to describe embodied approaches to research. Such approaches have focused on, “the realm of internally felt sensations, moods and states of being, which are born from the sensory engagement with the material world” (Hayes‐Conroy & Hayes‐Conroy, 2008, p. 462).…”

Section: Methodologies That Move With the Bodymentioning

confidence: 99%

Danced movement in human geographic research: A methodological discussion

2022

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As central as bodily movement might be to geographic research, its potential as methodology is only beginning to be explored within the discipline. This paper contributes to this emerging scholarship by reviewing recent work from human geography and allied disciplines which acknowledges the importance of embodied knowledges and engages movement-based methodologies to surface and interrogate them. In this paper we address the relative lack of attention to, and exploration of, danced movement as methodology in human geography. Drawing on a variety of scholarship we argue that danced movement is of interest to current epistemological standpoints within geography, with potential to enrich existing embodied and mobile methodological approaches, as well as serve as distinct methodology in itself, with several promising applications in geographic research already clear.

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Section: Methodologies That Move With the Bodymentioning

confidence: 99%

Danced movement in human geographic research: A methodological discussion

2022

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“…Concerning particular challenges associated with researching embodied competencies and material contexts, within geography and the wider social sciences, non‐verbal, sensory, and observation‐based methods are increasingly used (Martens, 2012a; Morris, 2020; Pink, 2011).…”

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Can people talk about their past practices? Challenges, opportunities, and practical applications of biographic inquiry for geographic research on consumption

Greene

Royston

2021

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Within human geography, there is increasing interest in the application of theories of practice for understanding resource consumption and for pursuing sustainability goals. In stressing the routine, performative, and contextual dimensions of action, research on geographies of practice is faced with particular methodological challenges. A lively debate concerns the utility of talk‐based methods for investigating routine practices, such as those relating to everyday consumption. While it has been compellingly argued that people can talk individually or in groups about their practice, as of yet, these methodological debates have not been extended to the question of whether people can talk about past practices over the life course. This is despite the fact that attending to practice dynamics at the life‐course scale can reveal important insights into the intersections of structure, agency, time, and space in consumption practices. Seeking to address this gap, this methodology‐focused paper explores biographic inquiry as an empirical strategy for research on geographies of practice and consumption. After identifying significant challenges in representation associated with researching routine action in general, and past practices in particular, it outlines key learnings garnered during a biographic study on domestic consumption in Ireland. Central methodological features supporting talk‐elicitation include zooming‐in‐and‐out of temporal registers, multi‐modality, and phased implementation. The paper concludes that people can talk about past practices in often very detailed, intricate ways and that retrospective talk is a valuable tool for understanding practice dynamics at the life‐course scale.

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“…The concept of the outdoor exploratorium introduced here will need consideration from many points of view but with the capability for development by participants as much as organisers. Morris (2020) has recently argued for a better appreciation of sensory geographies which would be well explored further via exploratoria. Arts-based practices can be used as therapy, not least in music (Ledger and Edwards 2011), something not explored in this paper.…”

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Earth Science, Art and Coastal Engineering at the Seaside: Envisioning an Open Exploratorium or Geo-Promenade at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, United Kingdom

Whalley

2022

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The paper outlines how an outdoor ‘exploratorium’ can be curated to place field observations, together with some knowledge of the local environment, in a manner that relates to geology, geomorphology and artistic aesthetics. The exploratorium can also be used to help explain what is seen, touched or felt as part of ‘sensory geology’. The locations used are on an accessible walk, a geo-promenade, along the sea front of a coastal town, Weston-super-Mare, England. Sites, such as a sea wall and recent engineering structures, are linked to flood prevention measures and sculpture and stone promenade furniture relate to various aspects of geoheritage. Notions of consilience and decision-making in the behavioural environment are introduced, together with ways in which perceptions of the landscape can be shared with visually impaired visitors. Notes are provided to illustrate the additional information (metadata) that might be supplied in constructing a geo-promenade. The use of mobile technologies for recording observations, providing locations (using decimal Latitude Longitude designations) and general information is also discussed with respect to accessible visits. Attention is also given to cognition and educational models of experiential discussion and knowledge sharing that can be used in exploratoria and geoheritage in general.

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Teaching sensory geographies in practice: transforming students’ awareness and understanding through playful experimentation

Cited by 10 publications

References 57 publications

Danced movement in human geographic research: A methodological discussion

Danced movement in human geographic research: A methodological discussion

Can people talk about their past practices? Challenges, opportunities, and practical applications of biographic inquiry for geographic research on consumption

Earth Science, Art and Coastal Engineering at the Seaside: Envisioning an Open Exploratorium or Geo-Promenade at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, United Kingdom

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