ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that a prerequisite for recognizing the bodily experience has to begin with a theorization of space as an integral part of bodily experience. It outlines the implications of bringing questions about what bodies do as the starting point of enquiry about nature, intimacy and landscape. The chapter explores some of the implications of studying nature when conceived as a spatially situated embodied process under two themes: doing 'natures': animating landscapes and responsibility: situating the experience of nature. It also outlines how a physical cultural approach demands writing knowledge of nature and natural landscape as always unfolding, and fosters our attention on the importance of the politics of affect and emotion. The chapter explores the implications arising from enlivening the notions of nature and landscape. Together Probyn's work points to landscape not as backdrop to life, but as part of themselves and a crucial learning medium for the ongoing sustenance and maintenance of bodily sensibility, capacities and competences.
