Intertwined Therapeutic Mobilities and Networks - A Case Study of the Seoul Healing Bus

Health geography has been developed through various concepts, ranging from therapeutic landscapes to therapeutic spaces, places, mobilities, networks, and assemblages. However, much of the research within health geography has predominantly analyzed therapeutic geographical phenomena using a single conceptual framework. This study argues that these concepts do not exist separately but rather intersect and coexist, as demonstrated through a case study of the Seoul Healing Bus. The research findings reveal that the Seoul Healing Bus exemplifies a case where therapeutic mobilities and therapeutic networks intertwine to create a synergistic therapeutic effect. These findings underscore the need to analyze therapeutic geographical phenomena from multiple perspectives rather than from a singular viewpoint, suggesting the importance of designing therapeutic geographical environments where different concepts intersect.