WalkCoachLearn is an online platform dedicated to combining walking with educational content to promote learning through experiential engagement. It offers guided walking tours, often integrated with historical, cultural, or environmental narratives, allowing participants to explore landscapes while gaining contextually rich knowledge. The platform emphasizes the value of movement in enhancing cognitive absorption and reflection and supports various themes ranging from local history and heritage to contemporary social issues.
The site also provides resources and tools for educators and walkers interested in designing their own learning walks, highlighting best practices in facilitating outdoor educational experiences. By merging physical activity with informative content, WalkCoachLearn situates walking as a dynamic mode of cultural discovery and reflective practice. The platform's approach aligns with trends in cultural geography that recognize embodied experience and place-based learning as vital to understanding spatial and social phenomena.
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Along These Lines
‘Along The Lines’ is an immersive mobile soundwalk exploring Brighton’s laundry heritage. Designed and recorded by sound artist and researcher Anna Celeste Edmonds, in collaboration with charity Quiet Down. This project was funded by the Heritage Lottery, and is accessible on Echoes and the artist’s website.
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