Professor Dee Heddon takes Clare Balding on a walk on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula and chats about creative walking during the pandemic. First broadcast 16th September 2021 on BBC Radio 4 at 3pm. Available on catch-up shortly after broadcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zmj6
New Event – Hear from Dee
The project’s Principle Investigator, Prof Dee Heddon will be talking about our project as part of Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Curious Programme (Tea & Talk) on August 25th, 11am, free. Book your tickets here: Curious | Walking and creativity during Covid-19 | 25 August 2021 : Curious (rse-curious.com)
Walking in the Media: A Newfound Appreciation – Mati Marek
I started my research placement with the Walking Publics/Walking Arts project in early June. I was tasked with looking at how the UK media talked about walking during the pandemic. Ever since the start of the pandemic, walking became a staple of my everyday life. I try to go for a walk at least once… Continue reading Walking in the Media: A Newfound Appreciation – Mati Marek
A Rain Walk Review – Sam Lange
Sam Lange is undertaking a paid research internship through University of East London’s School of Arts and Creative Industries. He is conducting a review of walking resources and toolkits for the Walking Publics/Walking Arts project, as well as contributing to the Walking Artists Network blog development. Sam has just completed a foundation year studying Fashion… Continue reading A Rain Walk Review – Sam Lange
Walking Conversations in Sheffield and Robin Hood’s Bay – Maxwell Ayamba and Maggie O’Neill
On Thursday 27th May, Maxwell Ayamba (Sheffield Environment Movement, Associate Partner, Walking Publics / Walking Arts) and Maggie O’Neill (UCC and Walking Publics / Walking Arts) met to go for a walk at 11am. We walked in two different places and landscapes for an hour and a half using Whatsapp video to connect with and… Continue reading Walking Conversations in Sheffield and Robin Hood’s Bay – Maxwell Ayamba and Maggie O’Neill
News Round Up – June 2021
Since our launch on April 21 we have been busy sharing word far and wide about our audience and artists surveys, to which we had a fantastic response – thank you! This has led to some coverage across blogs and press alike by members of our team, which you can find out more about at… Continue reading News Round Up – June 2021
Walking on Lindisfarne: tuning into the sonic environment – Maggie O’Neill
This blog was written on the tidal island of Lindisfarne during the week of Beltane, the Gaelic May Day festival in 2021 (back home and with WiFi I am now able to post this). Beltane (Lá Bealtaine in Irish and Là Bealltainn in Scots Gaelic) is situated around half-way between the spring equinox and summer solstice and marks… Continue reading Walking on Lindisfarne: tuning into the sonic environment – Maggie O’Neill
I found my city through walking – Morag Rose
I used to hate walking. I’ve got vivid memories of me as a child, struggling, falling, sometimes being mocked because I’ve got an unusual gait. As a teenager walking was a chore, a way of saving bus fare or being with friends when we didn’t have anywhere particular to go. Never an activity of choice.… Continue reading I found my city through walking – Morag Rose
Finding the Connection – Harry Wilson
The year before The World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic I was in residence at the National Theatre of Scotland as their ‘Digital Thinker’ – a post-doc artistic research residency funded through the AHRC’s Innovation Placements. As part of this residency I was mapping theatre and performance practices that incorporated innovative and emerging digital technologies: performances… Continue reading Finding the Connection – Harry Wilson
Itching to Walk – Dee Heddon
It is brilliant to arrive at the launch day for our research project Walking Publics/Walking Arts: walking, wellbeing and community during COVID-19. Of course, launch day isn’t where a project starts. This one perhaps began on the 30 April 2020 when, out of the blue and rather desperately, I emailed two peers, Clare Qualmann and Morag Rose. That itch was “Walking during COVID-19” and the… Continue reading Itching to Walk – Dee Heddon