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Opening spatial hinges with mindful writing practice: negotiating Philip Pullman's secret commonwealth
Cultural Geographies ; 30(2):279-298, 2023.
Article Dans Anglais | ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2269747
ABSTRACT
This article enquires how ‘spatial hinges' between author Philip Pullman's series The Book of Dust and different sites are unexpected and elusive, but may opened by mindfulness. Natalie Goldberg's mindful writing practice techniques are used as an interpretative instrument to measure this hinging together of parallel worlds. The research data amalgamates interviews with Oxford fantasy tour guides conducted before COVID 19 restrictions with writing sprints about Lockdown walks in both a local park and on a guided tour of ‘Philip Pullman's Oxford'. The data reveals how a secret commonwealth of elves and fairies infuse the parks with otherworldly, unexpected and exaggerated bucolic awakenings and intersubjectivity, exposing ancient mythical places, including a holloway. On a tour of Oxford, the imaginative storytelling techniques of the guide include impromptu flights of fancy and tilted perspectives that contribute to an atmosphere of unlikeliness, suggestive of Pullman's texts. In addition, an experience of getting lost or ‘de-touring', leads to unexpected encounters with the affective mystical presence of Pullman's novels. The findings conclude that mindfulness may create a state of attunement to the reverberations of the opening of spatial hinges, allowing stories to reveal themselves spontaneously.
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Texte intégral: Disponible Collection: Bases de données des oragnisations internationales Base de données: ProQuest Central langue: Anglais Revue: Cultural Geographies Année: 2023 Type de document: Article

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Texte intégral: Disponible Collection: Bases de données des oragnisations internationales Base de données: ProQuest Central langue: Anglais Revue: Cultural Geographies Année: 2023 Type de document: Article