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SIEF Series in Ethnology and Folklore: New Directions in the Study of Everyday Life, Past and Present

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Walking in Folklore and Ethnology

Themes, Practices and Methods for the Extraordinary and the Everyday

Edited by Tina Paphitis, Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch and Simon Poole

264 pages, index, bibliog.

ISBN  978-1-80768-067-1 $135.00/£104.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (February 2027)


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"This is an innovative, varied and thought-provoking volume, which should lead to more nuanced studies and reflections in relation to walking as praxis, method, reflexive tool and versatile lens for engaging with people, landscapes, cultural mores, the past, and perhaps even other than human beings. " — Marion Bowman, The Open University

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Framing walking as narrative, ritual, research practice, creative method and everyday experience, this volume explores how embodied movement shapes creativity, place-making and social and environmental relations. It examines the cultural, historical and methodological significance of movement on foot within folkloristic and ethnological research. Through innovative case studies and experimental methodologies, it demonstrates how walking generates new perspectives on tradition and lived experience across past and present contexts. As the first comprehensive engagement with walking in these fields, the collection shows how this seemingly ordinary practice offers powerful tools for understanding cultural processes and addressing pressing social and environmental challenges.

Tina Paphitis is Associate Professor in Cultural Studies at the University of Bergen. Her research interests include legends and landscapes of Britain and the Nordic region, environmental folklore, walking methodologies and experiential fieldwork, as well as folklore and archaeology in fantasy literature.

Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch is Adjunct Professor in Nordic Folkloristics (Title of Docent) at Åbo Akademi University and an archivist specialised in traditional material. Her research covers disciplinary history and mobility in folk culture and everyday life.

Simon Poole is Associate Professor of cultural education and co-director of the Centre for Research into Education and Creativity through Arts Practices (RECAP) at the University of Chester. As a folklorist and the holder of the National Collection of Mentha in the United Kingdom, his work focuses on creative practices, including singing, songwriting, storytelling, walking, poetry, and, most recently, gardening.

Subject: Heritage StudiesAnthropology (General)


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