Walking in the City as an Experienced Practice

Krzysztof T. Konecki

doi:10.18778/1733-8069.19.4.08

Autor

Krzysztof T. Konecki University of Lodz, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-3490

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.19.4.08

Słowa kluczowe:

badania kontemplacyjne, chodzenie po mieście, ciało, emocje, autoobserwacje, socjologia ciała, socjologia emocji

Abstrakt

Artykuł jest kontemplacyjną eksplikacją procesu spacerowania. Jakie są istotne cechy spacerowania i w jaki sposób osoby spacerujące po mieście tego doświadczają? W opracowaniu wykorzystano kontemplacyjne metody badawcze i dokonano eksplikacji fenomenu chodzenia. Badania opierają się na autooobserwacjach i autoopisach myśli, odczuć ciała i emocji, które pojawiały się podczas spacerów u uczestników projektu badawczego.

W artykule opisano cechy zjawiska spacerowania. Najpierw przeanalizowano proces myślenia generowany przez chodzenie po mieście. Następnie omówiono patyczny (ang. pathic) wymiar chodzenia (zwłaszcza nastrój), odczucia cielesne, doświadczanie relacji z innymi oraz refleksje nad życiem i sobą, które są konsekwencją chodzenia/spacerowania.

Biogram autora

Krzysztof T. Konecki - University of Lodz, Poland

Professor of sociology and works at the Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz. He is the editor-in-chief of “Qualitative Sociology Review”, a member of the Board of the Polish Sociological Association, and the Committee of Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science. He recently published The Meaning of Contemplation for Social Qualitative Research. Applications and Examples, London–New York: Routledge, 2022.

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