{"title":"Running as a catalyst for environmental data inquiry: closing the distance between ‘everyday’ and ‘expert’ knowledges","authors":"Aideen M Foley","doi":"10.1177/14744740241264308","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Public misunderstanding of environmental data is often framed as a skills deficit on the part of the audience, but in truth, ‘data’ is multifarious and manifold in everyday life. Drawing on my experiences as a runner with a geographer’s appreciation for maps, this essay charts how running has catalysed my own inquiry with environmental data, acting as an embodied methodology for thinking about place-based environmental change and risks, like flooding. I argue that communication of such risks could be enhanced by integrating data into the everyday spaces and activities where people encounter maps, aiding them to make connections between familiar forms of data and new knowledge.","PeriodicalId":47718,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Geographies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cultural Geographies","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14744740241264308","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Public misunderstanding of environmental data is often framed as a skills deficit on the part of the audience, but in truth, ‘data’ is multifarious and manifold in everyday life. Drawing on my experiences as a runner with a geographer’s appreciation for maps, this essay charts how running has catalysed my own inquiry with environmental data, acting as an embodied methodology for thinking about place-based environmental change and risks, like flooding. I argue that communication of such risks could be enhanced by integrating data into the everyday spaces and activities where people encounter maps, aiding them to make connections between familiar forms of data and new knowledge.
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Cultural Geographies has successfully built on Ecumene"s reputation for innovative, thoughtful and stylish contributions. This unique journal of cultural geographies will continue publishing scholarly research and provocative commentaries. The latest findings on the cultural appropriation and politics of: · Nature · Landscape · Environment · Place space The new look Cultural Geographies reflects the evolving nature of its subject matter. It is both a sub-disciplinary intervention and an interdisciplinary forum for the growing number of scholars or practitioners interested in the ways that people imagine, interpret, perform and transform their material and social environments.