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Perhaps what you are looking for will be found in Tim Ingold's writing about the anthropology of the line, e.g. Lines: a brief history http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lines-Brief-History-Tim-Ingold/dp/0415424275/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320508731&sr=1-3 or Ways of Walking: Ethnography and Practice on Foot (Anthropological Studies of Creativity and Perception) Fiona Candy see my projects at www.a-brand.co.uk The Textile Society's Annual Conference, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 25-26 November 2011. 'Textile Collections and the Sharing of Knowledge.' ________________________________________ From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of jeremy hunsinger [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 03 November 2011 20:20 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: word for walked path There is a design concept or an architectural term that means 'the path that people walk, not the path they were supposed to walk. So as designers, we design a way for people to proceed through a space, but people as a whole wear their own path that is different' I've heard this used once and did not note it clearly, I'm wondering if people know this term. It may have been a french, german, or greek derived term. it is not: path trace cowpath Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -Jules de Gaultier () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments