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- Title
Exploring Landscape Engagement through a Participatory Touch Table Approach.
- Authors
Conniff, Anna; Colley, Kathryn; Irvine, Katherine N.
- Abstract
Governments and national bodies are increasingly concerned with promoting outdoor activity as a means to benefit general health and wellbeing. Techniques to encourage and popularize engagement with the outdoor environment should therefore be welcome. This paper explores the use of a touch table as a method to facilitate discussions about people's engagement with rural and urban landscapes through recreational walking. We describe a study in north-east Scotland involving 22 participants who undertook walks of their choice using GPS smartphone applications to track their routes. Tracked routes were uploaded to a touch table and small group sessions explored spatial behavior in, and perceptions and knowledge of, local landscapes. Individual interviews 4-6 weeks later elicited reflections on the touch table session and personal engagement with the landscape. Two types of findings are reported: (i) observations and recommendations relating to the use of a touch table in combination with GPS applications; and (ii) knowledge exchange and insights afforded by group discussion and individual reflection. We conclude that our approach is a promising participatory method through which to investigate spatial behavior and promote recreational opportunities in the landscape.
- Subjects
MENTAL health; WELL-being; SPATIAL behavior; SOCIAL interaction; LANDSCAPES; DATA analysis
- Publication
Social Sciences (2076-0760), 2017, Vol 6, Issue 4, p118
- ISSN
2076-0760
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/socsci6040118