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Douglastown Detour

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Irish

Collection · 11 items

music

Collection · 96 items
Sub-collection

oral history

Sub-collection · 16 items

Québec

Collection · 9 items

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Soundpaths: Moston & Harpurhey

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The River Deveron Pack

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Irish

Collection · 11 items

music

Collection · 96 items
Sub-collection

oral history

Sub-collection · 16 items

Québec

Collection · 9 items

Related

post

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Mathis Nitschke
walkingevent

Scalinantis

“Scalinantis” walk in the Nurri forest with packed lunch and breaks. – “Reflections on Thoreau and Snyder” with the artist / literary critic Martino Cappai. – “Lais & Salis Recital Concerto” by Anna Tea Salis, writer and Marco Lais, ukelele. Presentation of the book “Quartiere Benvenuti”, published by Catartica Edizioni. – Archaeological site with Paolo Marcialis,

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Soundpaths: Moston & Harpurhey

Whether you’re looking to explore the neighbourhood, take a gentle stroll or go for an energetic run, Soundpaths will take you on a sonic journey through the parks and streets of Moston and Harpurhey via music and sound from a phone app. Feel your mood lift as GPS tracks where you are along the route,

Yonatan Collier
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The River Deveron Pack

Two stories, two interpretations of a walk along the river Deveron by Anne Murray and Jake Williams. With the Flow musician Jake Williams walked the river’s 60-mile length with his banjo learning songs both old and new, from Broomknowe of Garbet to the Moray coast. Against the Flow artist, Anne Murray, walked in the opposite direction crafting objects

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Walking piece
The Douglastown Detour is a GPS-based mobile app that delivers oral histories, music, sounds, and images tied to specific sites in Douglastown, a historic Irish village in francophone Gaspésie, Quebec. It explores the memories and significance of the village’s past through location-triggered storytelling.

The Douglastown Detour combines oral histories, music, sounds, and images to explore the memories and meaning of the places of Douglastown’s past. This GPS-based mobile smartphone app triggers stories about specific sites in Douglastown’s core, a unique Irish village in the heart of francophone Gaspésie, Quebec.

Credits

Hosted by: Glenn Patterson

APA style reference

Kennedy, K. (2018). Douglastown Detour. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/douglastown-detour/

twalking

Walking and talking (often employed during a walkshop).

Added by Stephen Hodge
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