The self/world in proximities and rhythms in nature (original) (raw)

The authors invite participants to a discussion on innovative practices in landscape research that contribute to developing an understanding of landscape perception in transition, from the users’ perspective, and how such moments are revisited and magnified. Research findings in recent years have identified a lack of understanding of landscape perception in transition, appealing for further investigation using research methods, which move away from a reliance on static representations. This paper presents findings examining the particular changes in rhythm arising from in-the-moment experience and the immediacy of the moment, focusing on the value and meaning of pauses, movements, verbal and non-verbal expression. Whereas other research has tended to undervalue or ignore these moments, the authors suggest focussing on such embodied attentions furthers our understanding of landscape perception. This was achieved using innovative research methods, which elucidated the interpretive construction of landscape experience as lived by the participant. The findings are drawn from studies, carried out with adults and children, which enabled participants to capture and reflect on in-the-moment experience, involving a variety of creative methods, such as film-making, photography, drawing, dairies and writing - generating outputs for further investigation, allowing participants to experiment with voice and creative interpretations. Keywords creative methods, in-the-moment experience, geographical imagination, immaterial realities, nature, movement, rhythms