ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the intimacy of being that results from the dwelling relationship between mind, body and the senses. Sensuous dwelling is an exploration of embodied practices such as moving, thinking, feeling and doing; practices that create and are played out in and through a variety of social contexts, including the social context of tourism. Sensuous dwelling focuses attention on the relationships that structure and articulate how being human is brought forth through the body of the tourist. My arguments are discussed in relation to the activities of walking and sightseeing, both of which are among the most recognisable of activities – representing as they do ways of moving, looking and being a tourist.
