Ways of Walking: Ethnography and Practice on Foot

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Tim Ingold, Jo Lee Vergunst
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Social Science - 205 pages
'Ways of Walking' combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored 'technique of the body'. It presents studies of walking in a range of regional and cultural contexts, exploring the diversity of ways of walking and the variety of meanings it can embody.
 

Contents

Walking with Batek HunterGatherers
21
Walking Stories Leaving Footprints
35
A Comparative View
51
Feet Following Hooves
67
Taking a Trip and Taking Care in Everyday Life
105
Walking Through Ruins
123
Learning on the Streets of Aberdeen
143
Walking as an Aesthetic Practice
169
Walking Remembering
185
Index
201
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