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TY - JOUR
T1 - Therapeutic mobilities
T2 - walking and 'steps' to wellbeing and health
AU - Gatrell, Anthony C.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - There is now an extensive literature on therapeutic landscapes, those settings and places that can contribute to wellbeing and good health. Less attention has been paid to the therapeutic qualities of the act of moving from one place to another. The recent emergence of a significant mobilities ’turn’ in social science is welcome, but this has as yet had relatively little to say about the consequences of mobility for health and wellbeing. This paper maps the relations between one form of mobility – walking – and wellbeing and health. Such relations may be theorised as ‘therapeutic mobilities’, a concept that sits comfortably alongside that of therapeutic landscapes. I explore three elements of such relations: activity; connection; and context. Although only one form of mobility is considered, the notion of therapeutic mobilities can be extended to other forms of travel.
AB - There is now an extensive literature on therapeutic landscapes, those settings and places that can contribute to wellbeing and good health. Less attention has been paid to the therapeutic qualities of the act of moving from one place to another. The recent emergence of a significant mobilities ’turn’ in social science is welcome, but this has as yet had relatively little to say about the consequences of mobility for health and wellbeing. This paper maps the relations between one form of mobility – walking – and wellbeing and health. Such relations may be theorised as ‘therapeutic mobilities’, a concept that sits comfortably alongside that of therapeutic landscapes. I explore three elements of such relations: activity; connection; and context. Although only one form of mobility is considered, the notion of therapeutic mobilities can be extended to other forms of travel.
KW - therapeutic mobilities
KW - therapeutic landscapes
KW - wellbeing
KW - walking
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877795377&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.04.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23666145
AN - SCOPUS:84877795377
VL - 22
SP - 98
EP - 106
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
SN - 1353-8292
ER -