Toward Ambulatory Aesthetics – a Methodology at the Intersection of Walking, Printmaking, and Participatory Practice

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PhD research dedicated to an expanded printmaking practice and the development of the Ambulatory Aesthetics methodology

with an environmental focus on the International Appalachian Trail,

through the Burren College of Art, Ireland

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What are the methodologies in an expanded printmaking practice that generate the embodied sense of place more fully?

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This research proposes a methodology in the creation of works of art that encompasses the use of walking, printmaking, and participatory experience.  The International Appalachian Trail is used as a case study for this research, connecting terrain across continents that were once united as the Central Pangean Mountain Range.  In considering the theories of place attachment, phenomenology and by adapting psychogeographic principles to on-trail environments, this research investigates how psychological responses to experiencing ecological spaces can foster an individual’s sense of place.