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urban spaces, which are based on both the influence of the subject’s past experience and deeper, possibly neurophysiological factors causing these differences. The results we comparedwith theor etical models of the structure of the image of the world elaborated in Leontiev’s school in context of the activity theory. Among the main results of our work, the participants noted two effects that, being a sort of by-effect of the investigation, turned out to be extremely important and interesting for them. First, the self-reflection of the impressions of
the environment turned out to be a means of self-discovery. It brought some new knowledge about oneself, sometimes surprising, helping to reveal something about oneself, which was notobvi ous before. The second unexpected result was a kind of “therapeutic effect” of our walks, noticed by the participants. The possibility of “mediated” self-discovery while focusing on an informational and emotionally saturated object of reality may have potential as a therapeutic practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | DOI: 10.1007/s42087-019-00076- |
| Journal | Human Arenas |
| Early online date | 11 Jul 2019 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 11 Jul 2019 |
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Walking in St. Petersburg - Vienna Walks Continued. / Mironenko, Irina A.; Proskuriakova, Elizaveta; Rafikova, Veronika; Kozlova, Yuliya; Simonovich, Alexandra; Proshina, Anna; Danina, Elena.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Walking in St. Petersburg - Vienna Walks Continued
AU - Mironenko, Irina A.
AU - Proskuriakova, Elizaveta
AU - Rafikova, Veronika
AU - Kozlova, Yuliya
AU - Simonovich, Alexandra
AU - Proshina, Anna
AU - Danina, Elena
PY - 2019/7/11
Y1 - 2019/7/11
N2 - Inspired by the bold methodological experiment on auto-ethnography in Vienna (Rhodes et al. Human Arenas, 1, 151–165, 2018), we conducted several walking sessions in St. Petersburg. During the walk, each participant took photos of objects, which attracted his/her attention, anddictate d to the voice recorder what he/she was experiencing at this moment. The data allows to expand and supplement the existing ideas about individual differences in the perception ofurban spaces, which are based on both the influence of the subject’s past experience and deeper, possibly neurophysiological factors causing these differences. The results we comparedwith theor etical models of the structure of the image of the world elaborated in Leontiev’s school in context of the activity theory. Among the main results of our work, the participants noted two effects that, being a sort of by-effect of the investigation, turned out to be extremely important and interesting for them. First, the self-reflection of the impressions ofthe environment turned out to be a means of self-discovery. It brought some new knowledge about oneself, sometimes surprising, helping to reveal something about oneself, which was notobvi ous before. The second unexpected result was a kind of “therapeutic effect” of our walks, noticed by the participants. The possibility of “mediated” self-discovery while focusing on an informational and emotionally saturated object of reality may have potential as a therapeutic practice.
AB - Inspired by the bold methodological experiment on auto-ethnography in Vienna (Rhodes et al. Human Arenas, 1, 151–165, 2018), we conducted several walking sessions in St. Petersburg. During the walk, each participant took photos of objects, which attracted his/her attention, anddictate d to the voice recorder what he/she was experiencing at this moment. The data allows to expand and supplement the existing ideas about individual differences in the perception ofurban spaces, which are based on both the influence of the subject’s past experience and deeper, possibly neurophysiological factors causing these differences. The results we comparedwith theor etical models of the structure of the image of the world elaborated in Leontiev’s school in context of the activity theory. Among the main results of our work, the participants noted two effects that, being a sort of by-effect of the investigation, turned out to be extremely important and interesting for them. First, the self-reflection of the impressions ofthe environment turned out to be a means of self-discovery. It brought some new knowledge about oneself, sometimes surprising, helping to reveal something about oneself, which was notobvi ous before. The second unexpected result was a kind of “therapeutic effect” of our walks, noticed by the participants. The possibility of “mediated” self-discovery while focusing on an informational and emotionally saturated object of reality may have potential as a therapeutic practice.
KW - Activity Theory; Image of the world; introspection; perception of urban spaces
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/walking-st-petersburgvienna-walks-continued
U2 - 10.1007/s42087-019-00076-8
DO - 10.1007/s42087-019-00076-8
M3 - Article
JO - Human Arenas
JF - Human Arenas
SN - 2522-5804
M1 - DOI: 10.1007/s42087-019-00076-
ER -