Abstract: Building upon the disciplines of Truman, Shannon, and Springgay, this work discusses the complexities of inhabiting a crip, queer, black, or otherwise “othered” body while interacting with natural spaces and shared public spaces. The work would be categorized as a sound essay presented as a binaural, somewhat immersive soundwalk in an attempt to underscore points made throughout the piece. Passers-by present audible asides where encouraging walkers to pass first serves to highlight the critical aspects of what it means to navigate bodily complexities in public. The sustained increase of oncoming water rushing serves as a metaphor for the overwhelming and dangerous act of inhabiting an “othered” body.

Received a high A2 in Rebecca Collins’ course ‘Gendered Soundings’ at the University of Edinburgh