Accessing embodied knowledge of place : a method

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Bamford, Natalie (2024) Accessing embodied knowledge of place : a method. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. ISSN 1754-9183 (https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2024.2442950)

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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.

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Bamford, Natalie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0315-4825;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:91668
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    23 December 2024
    Published
    23 December 2024
    Published Online
    10 December 2024
    Accepted
    Subjects:Fine Arts > Architecture
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Architecture
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:06 Jan 2025 15:19
    Last modified:19 Feb 2025 17:16
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/91668
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