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Louise Todd

Louise Todd

I am an academic based at Edinburgh Napier University, and a visual artist. In both aspects of my work, I am concerned with people and places through the lens of tourism, both as a phenomenon, and as a set of practices. My interests reflect how we gaze upon, experience, and perform tourism when we engage with spaces and places. My artwork and research are linked, and each informs the other. I am particularly interested in narratives of visual culture, tourism, and the tourist gaze, alongside festivals, and cities.
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plodge

The Scottish and English word plodging has been wading through the lexical muck and mire since the late 1700s, and it refers to icky, slow, molasses-type walking. Plodge is probably a variation of plod. This word isn’t totally out of use, as a 1995 use from British magazine The Countryman illustrates: “Northbound Pennine Wayfarers, plodging through the interminable peat-bogs of the North Pennines.” Even if you have a spring in your step, it’s tough to skip merrily through the peat-bogs. Credits to Mark Peters.

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