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Author:   Charlotte Bates (Goldsmiths, University of London) ,  Alex Rhys-Taylor (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138393141

ISBN 10:   1138393142
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   27 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Finding Our Feet by Charlotte Bates and Alex Rhys-Taylor Railway Lands by Emma Jackson 1 Marchers and Steppers: Memory, City Life and Walking by Les Back 2 Seeing the Need: Urban Outreach as Sensory Walking by Tom Hall and Robin Smith 3 Desire Lines: Walking in Woolwich by Charlotte Bates 4 Keep Walking: Notes on How to Research Urban Pasts and Futures by Helena Holgersson 5 Walking Together: Understanding Young People’s Experiences of Living in Neighbourhoods in Transition by Andrew Clark 6 Westfield Stratford City: A Walk Through Millennial Urbanism by Alex Rhys-Taylor 7 Walking, Falling, Telling: The Anecdote and the Mis-step as a ‘Research Event’ by Mike Michael 8 Air Walk: Monitoring Pollution and Experimenting with Speculative Forms of Participation by Jennifer Gabrys 9 Listening Walks: A Method of Multiplicity by Michael Gallagher and Jonathan Prior 10 Wild Walking: A Twofold Critique of the Walk-Along Method by Phillip Vannini and April Vannini Walking W8 in Manolos by Caroline Knowles

Reviews

Walking Through Social Research is a poignant collection of essays that explores walking as immersion in city life. This rich and compelling collection engages with issues of violence, speculation and vulnerability, showing us how mis-steps, walk-alongs, air walks and walking together reach and reveal urban complexities. Suzanne Hall, Director of the Cities Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Bates and Rhys-Taylor offer an exciting collection of essays that take us on a variety of walks across a diversity of cities. This book is a timely contribution to the field of urban studies as it offers multiple reasons of why the practice of walking is essential to researching, knowing and reflecting on urban life. The essays are a pure joy to read as they offer a fine balance between theory, methods and empirical studies. An inspiring and fascinating read. Monica Degen, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Sociology, Brunel University London, UK

Author Information

Charlotte Bates is a Sociologist at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Alex Rhys-Taylor is a Sociologist at the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London.

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