[Gocamino] Dissertation Way of St James

[Sil]

Hi Jason,

"Pilgrim Stories on an off the Road to Santiago" by Nancy L Frey. (1998)
Based on her Ph.D. in anthropology.

"Following the Milky Way: A PIlgrimage on the Camino de Santiago". By Elyn
Aviva  (who first walked the Camino in 1982)

Compostela stats from 1985  :
http://www.archicompostela.org/peregrinos/estadisticas/peregrinanos.htm

Pilgrim's Office:  http://www.peregrinossantiago.es/

Holy Years and how they affected Santiago itself:
http://www.unil.ch/webdav/site/igu-urban/shared/Pineira_presentation.pdf






















On 15 October 2013 12:09, Jackson Partridge <partridge55 at msn.com> wrote:

> My name is Jackson Partridge and I am a third year undergraduate at the
> London School of Economics. I am planning to do my dissertation on the Way
> of St James. My interest in the pilgrimage stems from the fact that over
> the Summer I completed a 500 mile walk across the UK for charity. I am now
> obsessed with walking, and with the things that motivate people to walk!
> For my dissertation, I plan to investigate the massive increase in the
> number of pilgrims undertaking to walk the Way of St James since the 1980s.
> Who are these 'modern pilgrims'? Why have they started walking? I
> understand that a large portion of the new cohort walk the Way of St James
> for secular reasons.
> Ideally, I would collect general primary data for the period 1982-Present
> for background, and do a more in-depth investigation of the pilgrims who
> walked the Way on the Holy Years of 1982 and 2010, for comparison. I was
> wondering if anybody had any initial thoughts on my subject, and if someone
> might be able to point me in the direction of primary data that might be of
> use to me in my investigation? Thank you very much!
> Best,Jackson
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