Travel and Movement as Practice: Rhythm, Movement, and Shaking the Foundations

Abstract

When we peer outside of the clinic what do we see? We see an ever-changing world that has been shaped and reshaped in infinite movement. What appears, now, appears that way only as a result of pro­ cesses that far predate our current moment and that have contributed to the ongoing march of "worlding." What we may therefore take for granted as the "real" world, is actually, upon further view, a far more messy and contested thing. In addition, that so-called "real world," whatever it might be at a given moment, is not the same for everyone. When we peer outside of the clinic what do we see? We see that the world outside the clinic gives shape to the world inside the clinic. Social and cultural currents flow into both. There is no clean separation that occurs when we erect walls and doors. We were, are, and will always be a part of a larger interconnected whole, for better or for worse. What goes on out there is carried by people in here. However, while what goes on out there relates to what is addressed in here, it may also set a limit to what can be achieved through the clinic. When we peer outside of the clinic what do we see? We see that when the world does not foster basic conditions for well-being in a given context, worldly clinicians and collectives have sometimes tried to step When we peer outside of the clinic what do we see? We see an ever-changing world that has been shaped and reshaped in infinite movement. What appears, now, appears that way only as a result of processes that far predate our current moment and that have contributed to the ongoing march of "worlding." What we may therefore take for granted as the "real" world, is actually, upon further view, a far more messy and contested thing. In addition, that so-called "real world," whatever it might be at a given moment, is not the same for everyone. When we peer outside of the clinic what do we see? We see that the world outside the clinic gives shape to the world inside the clinic. Social and cultural currents flow into both. There is no clean separation that occurs when we erect walls and doors. We were, are, and will always be a part of a larger interconnected whole, for better or for worse. What goes on out there is carried by people in here. However, while what goes on out there relates to what is addressed in here, it may also set a limit to what can be achieved through the clinic. When we peer outside of the clinic what do we see? We see that when the world does not foster basic conditions for well-being in a given context, worldly clinicians and collectives have sometimes tried to step 6 Travel and Movement as Practice: Rhythm, Movement, and Shaking the Foundations