Table 2

Data and findings scoped

Scale and levelsScopes (samples)Embodied encounters (samples)Ecopedagogical indicators
RQ1: The nature of walking (mountainScapes)
Micro:
Sensory, embodied movement (of self)
Meso:
Iconic mountainScape, commodified
Local bushScape, granite
Macro:
Hypermobile; climate change
Spatiality: Proximity and distance via mobile distant viewing
Temporality: Time prescribed and predictable
Intercorporeality: Sensing, feeling and affected with/in self-others-ecologies
Relationality: Movement and environmental affordances, pragmatically variable with/in intensities of backpacking
Mountain walking memories
Dense fog, wind and rain
Barefoot walking
Granite egg
Bringing ecosomaesthetics present
Sublime natures and commodification brought forth through eco-critical witnessing
Sensorium–oriented route planning
RQ2: Embodied knowing whilst walking with/in Nature (localScapes)
Micro:
Perceiving “with” sensate and affected walking body
Meso:
Locally situated; peri-urban; disturbed scapes
Macro:
Indigenous culture present but absent
Spatiality: Ecologies of local geographies, contested, convergent and absent
Temporality: Cyclical and rhythmic with/in present time
Intercorporeality: Movement and environmental affordances, sensuous and affected
Relationality: Present in movement and stillness, inter/intra–active relating
Navigating by ecological impulses
Sky and land reflected
Seasonal encounters
Wayfaring with sun and shadows
Repeat witnessing of localized encounters
Decentering of human/self; witnessing “things” emerge
Presence of “things” and “other” otherwise absent
Awakened sensibility
RQ3: Relationships constructed whilst walking with/in/of Nature(s) (coastalScape)
Micro:
Sensory, embodied movement (of others)
Meso:
Cross–cultural; tourist positionings, tensions; landScape meets seaScapes
Macro:
Indigenous cosmology (Songline)
Spatiality: Embodied space of self-social-ecologies
Temporality: Immersion with/in time-space as natural rhythm
Intercorporeality: Imminent vibrancy and aliveness with/in nature and movement
Relationality: Inter/intra–actions; meaning–making; sensorially, divergent, dissonant, convergent, haptic
Middens and dinosaur footprints
Dreamtime stories
Wave action and tide rhythms
Walking barefoot
Walking in company of others
“Trail” time
Cross–cultural walk accessing walking with Country
Sensorium–rich, rhythmically attuned with Nature
Eco-ethical imperatives of Songline

Source(s): Adapted from Blades (2020, p. 242)

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