Tourists’ walking rhythms: ‘doing’ the Tunis Medina, Tunisia

Tourists' walking rhythms in the UNESCO-listed Medina of Tunis play a crucial role in shaping the city's urban experience. The study reveals that tourists engage in diverse, situation-dependent walking patterns—shifting between performances, body language, pauses, and visual interactions—that dynamically intersect with the medina's physical structure. Inspired by Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis, this research combines mobile methodologies, interviews, and online comments to highlight how embodied movement contributes to the city's construction. Unlike traditional trajectory mapping, it emphasizes the qualitative, situational nature of tourist mobility in complex urban spaces.

Sarmento, J. (2016). Tourists’ walking rhythms: ‘doing’ the Tunis Medina, Tunisia. Social & Cultural Geography, 18(3), 295–314. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1174283