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This book delves into the everyday spaces, diverse mobilities and
affective potency of weather. It presents cutting-edge research
into the multiplicity of weather phenomena and analyses the lived
experiences of humans in conjunction with contemporary issues,
notably climate change. The book considers how everyday experiences
of weather in the mundane lives of people are linked to broader
changes in weather patterns and climate change. Heat, dust, ice,
snow, precipitation, sunlight, clouds, tides and fog are states of
weather that impact on the ways in which humans become intertwined
with landscapes. Our experiences with weather are diverse and
ever-changing, and engaging with weather entangles humans with
mobilities, materials and landscapes. This book thus explores
affective and sensory resonances, drawing upon a variety of
theoretical, empirical and creative material to investigate how
weather is perceived in different social and cultural contexts. Key
themes focus on the mobilities generated by weather, the affective
and sensual potency of weather, and the diverse cultural forms and
practices that exemplify how weather is historically,
geographically and artistically represented. Offering a social and
cultural understanding of weather events, this book contributes to
a growing literature on weather across various disciplines,
including human geography and cultural geography, and will thus
appeal to students and scholars of geography, sociology,
humanities, cultural studies and the arts.
This book delves into the everyday spaces, diverse mobilities and
affective potency of weather. It presents cutting-edge research
into the multiplicity of weather phenomena and analyses the lived
experiences of humans in conjunction with contemporary issues,
notably climate change. The book considers how everyday experiences
of weather in the mundane lives of people are linked to broader
changes in weather patterns and climate change. Heat, dust, ice,
snow, precipitation, sunlight, clouds, tides and fog are states of
weather that impact on the ways in which humans become intertwined
with landscapes. Our experiences with weather are diverse and
ever-changing, and engaging with weather entangles humans with
mobilities, materials and landscapes. This book thus explores
affective and sensory resonances, drawing upon a variety of
theoretical, empirical and creative material to investigate how
weather is perceived in different social and cultural contexts. Key
themes focus on the mobilities generated by weather, the affective
and sensual potency of weather, and the diverse cultural forms and
practices that exemplify how weather is historically,
geographically and artistically represented. Offering a social and
cultural understanding of weather events, this book contributes to
a growing literature on weather across various disciplines,
including human geography and cultural geography, and will thus
appeal to students and scholars of geography, sociology,
humanities, cultural studies and the arts.
The practice of packing a bag is a situation where subtle, daily
processes can attune us to the relationships and experiences formed
in mobile situations. There has been great attention to mundane and
material practices in tourism, yet the process of packing, which is
integral to any journey, remains unexamined. Everyday Practices of
Tourism Mobilities: Packing a Bag expands on the foundational
theories of tourist practices through a rich assortment of
photographic documentation and interviews with tourists in
hostelling accommodation. It presents the intricacies and relations
emerging through packing and the connections to an array of actors
entwined in both touristic and everyday experiences of movement.
Using case studies in Iceland and Nepal, the book explores how
idealised tourist destinations influence everyday actions. The
disjuncture between mundane routines and the heightened immersive
environments is conducive to tourists attuning to the entanglement
of actors and experiences beyond individual expectations. The book
traces these moments of collective experiences to reflect on the
intersections of globalised mobility and everyday tourist
practices. The international scope of this highly original and
intriguing book will appeal to a broad academic audience, including
scholars of tourism, cultural and social geography, mobilities
studies, and environmental humanities.
The practice of packing a bag is a situation where subtle, daily
processes can attune us to the relationships and experiences formed
in mobile situations. There has been great attention to mundane and
material practices in tourism, yet the process of packing, which is
integral to any journey, remains unexamined. Everyday Practices of
Tourism Mobilities: Packing a Bag expands on the foundational
theories of tourist practices through a rich assortment of
photographic documentation and interviews with tourists in
hostelling accommodation. It presents the intricacies and relations
emerging through packing and the connections to an array of actors
entwined in both touristic and everyday experiences of movement.
Using case studies in Iceland and Nepal, the book explores how
idealised tourist destinations influence everyday actions. The
disjuncture between mundane routines and the heightened immersive
environments is conducive to tourists attuning to the entanglement
of actors and experiences beyond individual expectations. The book
traces these moments of collective experiences to reflect on the
intersections of globalised mobility and everyday tourist
practices. The international scope of this highly original and
intriguing book will appeal to a broad academic audience, including
scholars of tourism, cultural and social geography, mobilities
studies, and environmental humanities.
This book proposes that creative and participatory modes of
measuring, knowing, and moving in the world are needed for coming
to grips with the Anthropocene epoch. It interrogates how creative,
affective and experiential encounters that traverse the local and
the global, as well as the mundane and the everyday, can offer new
perspectives on the challenges that lay ahead. This book considers
the role of the arts in exploring geographical concerns and
increasing human mobility. In doing so, it offers ways to
counteract the unstable, shifting and disorienting impacts and
debates surrounding human activity and the Anthropocene. The
authors bring together perspectives from mobilities, creative arts,
cultural geography, philosophy and humanities in an innovative
exploration of how creative forms of measurement can assist in
reconfiguring individual and collective action.
This book proposes that creative and participatory modes of
measuring, knowing, and moving in the world are needed for coming
to grips with the Anthropocene epoch. It interrogates how creative,
affective and experiential encounters that traverse the local and
the global, as well as the mundane and the everyday, can offer new
perspectives on the challenges that lay ahead. This book considers
the role of the arts in exploring geographical concerns and
increasing human mobility. In doing so, it offers ways to
counteract the unstable, shifting and disorienting impacts and
debates surrounding human activity and the Anthropocene. The
authors bring together perspectives from mobilities, creative arts,
cultural geography, philosophy and humanities in an innovative
exploration of how creative forms of measurement can assist in
reconfiguring individual and collective action.
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