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De-+-Touring through Embodied ‘Inter-Place’

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Following insights of phenomenology, this paper aims to contribute to a critical understanding of embodied place in relation to touring and performative mobility. From a relational perspective, touring will be interpreted as a bodymediated movement, situated in ‘inter-places’. Then a ‘de-touring’ is explored as an alternative metaphor and creative practice of inter-placed mobility. Subsequently ‘heterotouropia’ and the interplay of de- and re-touring are described as infra-reflexive re-configuring. Outlining forms of ‘other-placing’ and ‘other-moving’ then open up for a wisdom of in-direction. Related to this new understanding of interplaced mobility, the ethos of ‘engaged letting-go’ (‘Gelassenheit’) will be discussed, especially in relation to de-touring and more sustainable forms of mobility. In conclusion, some implications, open questions, problems, and perspectives on issues of de-touring and mobility are presented.

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Küpers, W. (2015). De-+-Touring through Embodied ‘Inter-Place’. In: Sonnenburg, S., Wee, D. (eds) Touring Consumption. Management – Culture – Interpretation. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10019-3_7

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