Abstract
This paper is a critical exercise in haptic aesthetics. The subject matter of such an inquiry is a rather simple one, namely, me in a canoe with a paddle and nowhere in particular to go, in essence, a form of leisure travel explained phenomenologically. Such humble beginnings are interspersed with arguments that illustrate haptic aesthetics along epistemological lines. Further still, it will be shown that paddling as a sensuous leisure activity is deeply haptic but also acoustic and the theory of ‘soundscape ecology’ will be used here to help further describe the sound and feeling of paddling a canoe in a natural environment. It is in this theoretical and sensory connection that readers should notice some ethical connotations and it is also such a connection that illustrates what could be called a ‘practical’ or ‘everyday’ aesthetics of leisure.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 268-281 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Leisure Studies |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 15 Dec 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 May 2018 |
Keywords
- Haptic aesthetics
- phenomenology
- senses
- technology
- paddling.
- paddling