While rare elsewhere, there is a lot of bog in Ireland, and it isn’t the easiest thing to hike through. Every Irish person who goes hiking knows what a bog is - and they know so we...

Audioguide, Soundwalk, Hörspaziergang, Hörweg, Klanggang, Audiowalk usw. – Die Bandbreite der Begrifflichkeiten rund ums HörenGehen ist so groß wie die Vielfalt der Inhalte und Formate, die sich hinter ihnen versammeln. Von der Wissensvermittlung im Au...

 First Sunday This Sunday and we're starting in a rather peculiar way... I'll be on the histories soapbox at the Kings St Festival at 2pm Sunday 2nd June (I think the stage is by Tast) where I'll be talking about Manchester psychogeographies, fights for access and public space plus some other interesting stuff about our city streets. Will probably also challenge the claim this is Manchester's most iconic and historic street.... Loiterers are encouraged to come along, listen and heckle as you wish. Our wander itself will start around 2.30. We'll be playing a new variation on one of our favourite games which will enable us to explore this familiar street and perhaps uncover some of its secrets. All our welcome to join us, as ever our events are free and open to all. The walk pace and direction will be set by participants and afterwards we will gather to share stories in a convivial setting. For more information please feel free to get in touch, on twitter @thelrm our facebook group "the loiterers resistance movement" or email mlrose@thelrm.org I hope to see you on the street soon.... love and golden apples   Morag Rose PS as you can see still having a few web issues, apologies this is a hard to read, please email mlrose@thelrm.org to be kept up to date

Flathead Lake, Montana "Enjoy walking like you enjoy eating."  -  Anam Thubten Rinpoche, on walking meditation.Location: Flathead Lake silent meditation retreat, MontanaLength: 3 kmCompanions: Troy & othersDate: 30 May, 2019 [...]

While thinking and writing about Iain Sinclair’s London Orbital this week, I realized that I needed a firmer sense of exactly what psychogeography is. Good thing Merlin Coverley’s little book on the subject was on my shelf. It’s a brief but informative look at a variety of writers–Coverley is primarily concerned with literary manifestations of psychogeography, […]

I’ve read Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain before, but for pleasure. It’s a beautiful book, and a powerful evocation of a specific place: the Cairngorms, a mountain range in northern Scotland. Because I wanted to write about it in the paper I’m currently working on, I had to read it again–this time, taking careful notes. Believe […]

'Contemporary Art and Ritual'An  Exhibition in The Crypt Gallery St PancrasMay 16th - May 21st 2019Photo courtesy Rikard OsterlundWith thanks to Caro WilliamsDeborah Burnstone for curating this exhibitionExhibiting artists, a pleasure to work with...

Slowly, ever so slowly, I am returning to working on the Adelaide book project after couple of years.  We  left  living in Adelaide's CBD about   3 years or so ago, and shifted to living on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula coast. Most of my daily...

(dis)enchantments and perambulations: walking arts and reluctant heritageTwo walks and two events forming a ‘public’ viva for a creative practice as research PhD submission exploring walking/multimedia arts and reluctant heritage. The walks retraces routes from the two projects, Sweet Waters and Honouring Esther forming the research presented, the two events provide an opportunity to view and discuss some of the documentation and new installation work produced.EventsThursday June 27 [...]

I decided to read Tim Ingold’s essay “The Temporality of the Landscape” for two reasons. First, Doreen Massey mentioned it as an example of thinking about space and temporality, and second, in my experience, I’ve always found that Ingold has interesting things to say. It’s an odd essay, though, and while I don’t agree with […]

I’ve meant to read Doreen Massey’s 2005 book For Space for quite some time now. My friend Rachelle Viader Knowles, who teaches at Coventry University, has told me that For Space was very influential on her PhD work. Also, while I’m very interested in the distinction Yi-Fu Tuan makes between space and place, I’m also aware that […]

A Wander with Thread and Word.   Contemporary Art and Ritual St Pancras GalleryThis exhibition ends todayThis Wander took place last Saturday at St Pancras Crypt . I was delighted to be given the opportunity to create a wander which took...

A vital part of the research project “Produktiv. Nachhaltig. Lebendig. Grüne Finger für eine klimaresiliente Stadt” are walks with different groups of people through Osnabrücks so called “Green Fingers”. On May 18 members of the “Bürgerbeirat” walked the green finger Sandbachtal and discussed perceptions, identified relevant questions and found ideas for the future of one […]

In my talk “Interventionen. Produktive Störung und Kommunikationsanlass” at RWTH Aachen (May 13)  I presented my thoughts on walking as means to creatively disturb everyday practices. RWTH is working together with the City of Aachen on a walkability-project and focussing on urban interventions to tackle the associated transformation of public space. Referring to my own […]

Sometimes the name of things, people, animals, are exactly what you see. I was reminded of that yesterday, when being asked: what is that black bird roaming around under that tree? I sang the first line of a Beatles song. And today, remembering it, and...

OverviewCounty: OffalyOfficial length: 37kmWhat we walked: Around 30 - 37km Start point: CadamstownEnd point: LemanaghanTime: 1 - 2 days Trail difficulty: 2/5Trail quality: 3/5View...

I failed. I was supposed to be at a beautiful city garden at 12.00 to watch a silent movie with a soundtrack made by a dj and drink vermut afterwards. I had reserved a ticket a long time ago. I left in time. I skipped the first metro entrance because i...

Copenhagen, DenmarkOne last walk around Copenhagen with many stops:-Early on, for coffee in the sun on a pedestrian street near the library.-At Nyhavn to photograph the over-photographed canal houses and boats, visit Trine Fournais pottery shop, and use the cleanest public bathroom I've ever seen.-On the Inderhavnsbroen new bike and footbridge across the harbour to admire the view and the architecture.-At an exhibit by Faroese painter Anker Mortensen.-To eat a picnic lunch harbourside and watch [...]

I think I’ve written here about the advice I’ve received from my supervisors about this project. They tell me I should be “skinning” the books I read: reading the introduction and the conclusion and skimming the chapters in between, looking for anything relevant to my project. I’m usually reluctant to do that, because you never […]

The second edition of Sound Walk Sunday will take place on Sunday 1st September 2019, and will be the start of a global week-long festival of sound walking events and performances, celebrating outdoor audio, geo-located, immersive performances, listening walks and sound walks.