Walking in Air

Emmanuelle Waeckerlé, Will Montgomery

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Abstract

Last year we developed a project entitled ‘Walking in Air’ concerning the passage of the walking body through air, taking up the challenge of anthropologist Tim Ingold’s ‘thinking in movement’. Walking, in this view, is more than mere locomotion. It is a mode of thinking and knowing. We began planning the project in spring 2020, shortly before an airborne virus would bring the world as we know it to a halt. While waiting for the opportunity to put our project into practice with our collaborators, we did some preliminary ‘walking in air’ fieldwork. Each of us, on the same afternoon in January 2021, embarked on a separate walk in south London. The following collaborative text narrates aspects of our thinking and our walking.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)97-103
Number of pages7
JournalPerformance Research
Volume26
Issue number7
Early online date1 Sept 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 1 Sept 2022
  • Walking in Air, St Yrieix

    Will Montgomery (Organiser) & Emmanuelle Waeckerlé (Organiser)

    8 Sept 202211 Sept 2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  • Walking in Air, Folkestone

    Will Montgomery (Organiser) & Emmanuelle Waeckerlé (Organiser)

    4 Jul 2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  • Walking in Air, Ditchling

    Will Montgomery (Organiser) & Emmanuelle Waeckerlé (Organiser)

    27 May 202229 May 2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

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