Accessing embodied knowledge of place: a method

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Abstract

This paper presents the method “Direct Me”, a method designed to access embodied knowledge of place answering the question of how, that many papers extolling the importance of embodied knowledge leave unanswered. In presenting Direct Me, this paper hopes to illustrate how this knowledge of place can be effectively utilised to create more informed projects. The process by which this method was designed will be detailed, explaining its origins in hermeneutic phenomenology and artistic walking prompts, while demonstrating how it all came together. Through a discussion of its design, the paper will illustrate how this method offers up an alternative to participatory methods that require large time commitments from participants, and in doing so exclude sections of communities that do not have time to give. By detailing how the method was tested, this paper will demonstrate the kind of knowledge that can be generated through its implementation and what this data can be used for. Examples of findings and conclusions will be shown alongside discussion of how these can be taken further. This is complemented by a discussion of how subjective individual perspectives can be brought together into shared understandings.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
Early online date23 Dec 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 23 Dec 2024

Keywords

  • walking
  • embodied knowledge
  • spatial knowledge
  • method
  • local knowledge
  • hermeneutic phenomenology

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