ABSTRACT
In this chapter I argue that through ‘walking biographies’ and the visual representations of the walks (see the final section) that we are able to get in touch with our ‘realities’ in sensory and corporeal ways that foster ‘understanding’ and critical reflection. This necessarily involves reflection on ways of knowing and understanding in biographical research and the potential for walking as part of the ‘craft’ of a biographical researcher. Following a discussion of Bourdieu's use of ‘understanding’ and the value and challenges of walking as part of the craft of the biographical research, I focus upon the visual, performative aspects of doing biographical research using walking as method using examples from my own research and a walk between photographer John Perivolaris and artist Jeffer M-Garib. 1
