Selected Online Presentations:
- Walking as ritual
- Memory
- Embodiment
- See Walking Stumbling Limping Falling by Alyson Hallet and Phil Smith - discusses prostheses ~ waddling ~ Butoh ~ built-up shoes ~ walking in pain ~ bad legs ~ vertigo ~ falling (and fallen) places ~ hubris ~ bad walks ~ scores for falling down ~ walking carefully ~ disappointment.
- Place
The way we walk is determined by:
- Paths and signposts
- A general suspicion of loiterers
- Maps
- Our tendency to pick a destination
- Our habit of walking in straight lines
- Property ownership and people's attachment to the idea of privacy
- Our desire not to draw too much attention to ourselves
- How our parents walked
- What kind of shoes we're wearing
- Our observation of where other people tend to walk
- 'Keep off the grass' signs