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stephen hodge

(United Kingdom)
walking artist, wrights & sites member, emeritus professor in live art + spatial practices (university of exeter, uk)
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desire path

A term mostly used by town planners or architects to describe the short-cut paths created by people. So a path around a square ‘green’ will often have a desire path cutting off the corners. Town planners recognise them as an admission that the initial path was put in the wrong place. Called ‘Elephant Paths’ in some countries.

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