Examining Walking as an Arts-Based Research Method: Epistemological Foundations and Knowledge Generation

Key Points

• The study aims to investigate walking as an arts-based research method and its epistemological foundations.
• Literature review of national and international sources on walking as a research method.
• Examination of the epistemological background and academic development of walking in research.
• Analysis of two case studies on walking-based research to compare knowledge generation processes.
• Walking functions as a performative research method organizing the researcher’s sensory attention.
• Knowledge is generated through relational interactions with place during walking activities.
• Artistic rendering of experiences shapes the emerging knowledge.