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Tapping the spiritual landscape: pilgrimage walks in the Isle of Man

Avril Maddrell Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England. Tapping the spiritual landscape: pilgrimage walks in the Isle of Man. Methodologies. Case study approach Largely qualitative: phenomenological & ethnographic

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Tapping the spiritual landscape: pilgrimage walks in the Isle of Man

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  1. AvrilMaddrellDepartment of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England Tapping the spiritual landscape: pilgrimage walks in the Isle of Man

  2. Methodologies • Case study approach • Largely qualitative: phenomenological & ethnographic • Personal participant-observation ethnographic accounts/ reflective diaries by researchers • Photo and/or reflective diaries kept by participants • Interviews with stakeholders and organisers (clergy, laity, tourist managers etc.) • Visual and textual analysis of websites, worship resources etc. – including related archive and museum sources as available • Postcards

  3. Postcards as data sources

  4. ‘It was a profound experience to touch with Christians from centuries ago and with Christians of a variety of denominations from the Island and afar as we prayed together ... The landscape spoke because it was so like my home county of Dorset and a miniature Cornwall where my family spent many happy holidays. The flowers, especially bluebells and primroses, also brought my family and friends with me. The sun was lovely, but the mist felt as if we were being enfolded in care’ [1, F, 66-75, RC]

  5. ‘The landscape definitely played a role in the atmosphere yesterday. We were surrounded by Manannan’s mist but our hill remained clear and still, and it felt as though we alone had sunshine. A rock in the bay that kept disappearing with the waves, then appearing again reminded me that faith may be lost to me at times but is always there.’ [9, F, 66-75, C of E]

  6. poetry rather than faith ‘I attend more for the keeills than the praying. In fact I feel something of a fraud during the prayer sessions, but I am, I hope, respectful of the sincerity of the prayers offered .... Though I don’t, can’t, respond to the religious elements of the prayers, I often respond to the sheer poetry of the words, especially the old Celtic prayers ...’ [26, F, 66-75, C of E] Extract from Keeills worship sheet 20/5/10

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