Paper short abstract:

In this roundtable-workshop, we invite all participants of these walking sessions to draw connections and discuss the varied ways we can further steps towards walking-as-method in folkloristics and ethnology.

Paper long abstract:

Drawing on specific questions and provocations posed by the authors of these walking sessions, this roundtable-workshop invites all participants to a dérive through the panel's presentations with the aim to find both crossroads and new paths. By juxtaposing and comparing walking methods and approaches we explore together how we may benefit from walking methodologies. Drawing on insights from the work of the panellists we will delve into walking and movement as a research theme as well as examine how walking-as-method may also be a useful tool to study other issues and themes. Questions we will encounter in our joint perambulation (may) include: How can we use our own embodied walking experience in our research? How can we document ephemeral practices such as walking? What tools do we have to discern easily overlooked patterns of movement in our material? What is the particular significance of walking methods for ethnology and folkloristics?