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Ever since a school trip to Paris, which included a visit to the Auguste Rodin Museum, I’ve been struck by his sculpture called The Burgers of Calais that commemorates an event during the Hundred Years War. The original piece was commissioned by the Calais municipality, and was erected on a pedestal in front of the
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Walking Statues
Ever since a school trip to Paris, which included a visit to the Auguste Rodin Museum, I’ve been struck by his sculpture called The Burgers of Calais that commemorates an event during the Hundred Years War. The original piece was commissioned by the Calais municipality, and was erected on a pedestal in front of the
• “The Rearview Walking Sticks are made from large tree branches and discarded rear-view car mirrors. The walking sticks playfully suggest the ability to see behind oneself on a path. As a walking stick they imply usefulness, but are ultimately ridiculous or burdensome as the students maneuvered between looking forward and reflecting back in space and time. The paths in the Brickworks are human-made wooden boardwalks and well-groomed gravel paths and as such the need for a large walking stick seemed a misplaced walking behavior, further emphasizing the students’ own displacement on the paths and in the Canadian landscape.”
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Stephanie Springgay & Sarah E. Truman (2019): Counterfuturisms and speculative temporalities: walking research-creation in school, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2019.1597210
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