Bodies, Borders, Knowledgescapes

A reader on the relational practice of walking through landscapes.

Walking is as much a cultural practice as it is an embodied experience. The contributions in this book highlight the interrelations between bodies, knowledges, places, affects, and other materialities through phenomenological, artistic, and methodological lenses. Walking is explored as a relational practice situated in specific landscapes—it connects different cultural practices, holds material-semiotic performativity, and always involves an interweaving of (geo)political territories and borders.

This book brings together written and visual contributions from social scientists and artists, offering a vibrant and multifaceted perspective on the phenomenon of walking.

Introduction and text by Lea Maria Spahn.

With contributions by Ana Anaa, Antonín Brinda, Dorothea Hamilton, Otto Kauppinen, Marie Kammler, Astrid Lembcke-Thiel, Hana Magdoňová, Maja Maksimović, Darija Medić & Mirjana Utvić, Susanne Nemmerz, Eva Clara Tenzler, Shira Wachsmann, Mariele Weber, inka°witz, Regula Pöhl, and Daniela Villiger.

Edited by Lea Maria Spahn

Designed by Kristýna Krejčová and Kristýna Žáčková

Published by Set Margins' Publishing, 2025

Softcover, 216 pages, 122 color images, 6.75 × 9.95 inches

ISBN: 978-9-08-349933-8