Literary Geography as Walking Experience

Introduction

Authors

  • Irene Cecchini Masaryk University
  • Maria Luisa Mura

Keywords:

walking, literary geography, mobile literary analysis, literary creative practices, active learning

Abstract

This special issue grew out of the study day Flâneries marseillaises: La marche comme dispositif narratif et outil de diagnostic spatial, held on 28 March 2024 at Aix-Marseille Université[i]. Drawing on the discussions and research perspectives that emerged during that occasion, this volume seeks to foster a dialogue between disciplines and practices that do not always intersect: geography and literature on the one hand; academic research, artistic creation, and social practices on the other. To this end, it identifies in walking a means of promoting open and relational approaches. Walking appears simultaneously as a narrative device within literary texts and as a creative practice of traversing and narrating places and territories, both within and beyond academia.

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Published

2026-08-24

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2026): Literary Geography as Walking Experience

Section

Special Issue Introduction

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