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Walk 1000 Miles is a community-oriented website that promotes walking culture and physical activity through a structured challenge. The platform allows participants to record their walks and collectively track progress toward the milestone of 1,000 miles, fostering motivation and a sense of shared achievement. The site includes resources such as walking routes, tips for walkers, and a supportive environment that encourages consistent engagement with walking as a daily physical activity.

The initiative behind Walk 1000 Miles integrates elements of cultural geography by encouraging exploration of local environments, pathways, and landscapes through walking. The collective aspect not only emphasizes personal health benefits but also cultivates community interaction and an appreciation of diverse walking terrains across various regions. The program is designed to be accessible, promoting walking as an inclusive activity that can contribute to both individual wellness and broader social connectivity.

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GPS, geo-poetic system

Geo-poetic system was a term coined by Lucy Frears during locative media art research (published 2017). The basis of geopoetics, a theory and practice developed by Scottish philosopher and poet Kenneth White, is to connect humans to the lines of the earth (White cited in McManus 2007: 183), or ‘what’s out there’ (Ingold 1993; 154; White 2005: 200; White 2006: 9). The contact White describes is often between the human mind and the earth, what he calls ‘landscape-mindscape’ (Legendre 2011: 121). Because of the embodied nature of locative media experiences using a smartphone in landscape for these walking art experiences using gps technologies Frears expanded this notion to being ‘landscape-mindscape-bodyscape’ (2017).

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