Thursday, October 12, 2006

Research and Debate -- Walking the City: Manhattan Projects

Although walking projects have been undertaken all over the world, each selection here is distinct, representing a particular kind of undertaking. Together, the projects shed light on the territorial practices of laying claim to the postmodern city,and suggest ways of embracing and rethinking urban landscapes. Walking has captured the imagination of artists and writers in a variety of ways, places and eras. A contemporary way of thinking about walking, begun in the early twentieth century with dada and the Surrealists, and continued by the Situationists, is as a subversive activity. But the idea of subversive walking also obscures its ordinariness. Elsewhere I have described how ordinary walking practices might lead designers and citizens toward a greater aesthetic and social vision.2 Here I describe how these particular walking projects work as territorial practices. Source: Places: Vol. 18: No. 1 [via U.C. eScholarship Digital Repository]

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