Waiting and expecting in spaces of Muße: an empirical study on the connection between expectation, the atmosphere of rooms and temporal consciousness (D12 (R05))

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: from 2017 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 197396619

The project investigates the effects of environmental features and biokinematic parameters, like rhythmicity and synchronicity, on feeling, thought and experience during extended walks. In six studies, participants go on instructed walks while their walking patterns and conversations are recorded. In addition to leisure walks, the project investigates also other types of walking, like Walking Art and pilgrimage, focusing on otium-relevant aspects of experience.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1015: Muße (Leisure/Otium). Concepts, Spaces, Figures
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Roland Thomaschke