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A Pandemic Peripatetic

A Pandemic Peripatetic April 2021 Well, I am alone, self-isolating, And here I must remain, This kitchen window my prism, Reflecting and refracting the sunlight, But also, the past, present and future, In a virtual peripatetic. I start my imagin...

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Radical Stroud

Radical Stroud is a community-led initiative based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, which serves as a hub for exploring and promoting radical political ideas, environmental activism, and social justice. The website documents a range of local and global issues, hostings talks, events, and workshops focused on themes such as anti-capitalism, climate change, decolonization, and alternative economic models. It also archives historical activism in the Stroud area, connecting past struggles with contemporary movements. The platform includes articles, event information, and resources that engage with grassroots organizing and participatory democracy. Radical Stroud emphasizes collective action and ecological sustainability within its efforts, fostering a space where activists, scholars, and community members can share knowledge and coordinate efforts. The content reflects an intersectional approach to social change, addressing interconnected issues in a regional context.

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pedestrian acts

By de Certeau: In “Walking in the City”, de Certeau conceives pedestrianism as a practice that is performed in the public space, whose architecture and behavioural habits substantially determine the way we walk. For de Certeau, the spatial order “organises an ensemble of possibilities (e.g. by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g. by a wall that prevents one from going further)” and the walker “actualises some of these possibilities” by performing within its rules and limitations. “In that way,” says de Certeau, “he makes them exist as well as emerge.” Thus, pedestrians, as they walk conforming to the possibilities that are brought about by the spatial order of the city, constantly repeat and re-produce that spatial order, in a way ensuring its continuity. But, a pedestrian could also invent other possibilities. According to de Certeau, “the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform or abandon spatial elements.” Hence, the pedestrians could, to a certain extent, elude the discipline of the spatial order of the city. Instead of repeating and re-producing the possibilities that are allowed, they can deviate, digress, drift away, depart, contravene, disrupt, subvert, or resist them. These acts, as he calls them, are pedestrian acts.

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