Not all Who Wander are Lost: A/r/tographic Walking as Contemplative Inquiry

Authors

  • Kristen C. Blinne SUNY College at Oneonta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18432/ari29361

Keywords:

poetry, performative writing, a/r/tography, walking

Abstract

This essay explores the relationship between walking and writing, utilizing performative poetry as an a/r/tographic mode of contemplative inquiry.

Author Biography

Kristen C. Blinne, SUNY College at Oneonta

Kristen C. Blinne is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies in the Department of Communication and Media at the State University of New York, College at Oneonta. Her work focuses on listening, contemplative philosophies and practices, and arts-based and ethnographic methods.

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Cover image by John Rae, No limit, 76 X 56 cm acrylic and collage

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2018-09-15

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Blinne, K. C. (2018). Not all Who Wander are Lost: A/r/tographic Walking as Contemplative Inquiry. Art/Research/International:/A/Transdisciplinary/Journal, 3(2), 77–100. https://doi.org/10.18432/ari29361

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018): Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal

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