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I quite often walk all over town with an empty pram as it's great to do the shopping with (there you go, one of the benefits of having a pram handy).
If the little one is with me, she gets to walk.
I think men (pushy fathers) are often perceived differently with a pram than mothers. Might be interesting as part of your research Clare.
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On 5/6/14 10:24 PM, Ignacio Pérez Pérez wrote:
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Good luck with your project, Clare! I like the idea, mostly for the possibility to create new ways for the pram walking experience, an artistic contribution for life.

I just remembered I have read a Yoko Ono instruction related to this:


CITY PIECE

Walk all over the city with an empty
baby carriage.

1961 winter


Looking forward the further updates of your blog.
Best greetings,

Ignacio Pérez Pérez
Performance artist 24/7 - Live art since 1984
Venezuela / Finland


2014-05-06 17:04 GMT-03:00 Andrew Stuck <[log in to unmask]>:
Clare

Welcome to the world of transport planning, highway engineering and urban design!

Life on wheels or with wheels  can be frustrating - listen to Rowena for a bit of inspiration: http://www.talkingwalking.net/rowena-macaulay-talking-walking/

Walking with a pram isn't half as frustrating as using a wheelchair - even parks can be no go places especially if dogs can run free.

Being the person charged with the job of updating the Lewisham Walking Map (commissioned by the Borough and the NHS) and having audited most of the town centres in the borough, and devised some 70+ walking routes there, I would love you to share some of your Lewisham discoveries.

How about Pushy Mothers? - that was incubated in Manor House Gardens, Lewisham - keep fit while pushing your pram / buggy.

Still smiling - Andrew

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On 6 May 2014, at 20:39, clare qualmann wrote:

Dear all,

throughout May I will be working with Deveron Arts in Huntly on Perambulator, a walking project that explores and reflects on the experience of walking with a pram (or pushchair). 

It's inspired by my experience in the first months of my son’s life, pushing his pram around the area that I had lived in for the previous 12 years. I was struck by the number of detours that I had to take - the route alterations, the small (and not-so-small) impediments to smooth passage. My familiar routes through and to places were rudely disrupted, forcing a new relationship with the very physical details of the urban environment.


A new radar evolves – seeking out the dropped kerbs and the ramps – avoiding steps, narrow gaps, awkward turns. Going the long way round becomes the norm, steering clear of particular places or particular routes because of their accessibility problems. Viewing a place through this new lens is political. Losing the freedom of easy mobility – a freedom that I hadn’t been aware of before - connects me to a massive group of people (predominantly women) in the same position, encumbered by wheels.


The first iteration of the Perambulator idea was a walk, with prams, around the London borough of Lewisham in May 2012, in which the participants defined a route and overcame (everyday) obstacles to complete it, all the while discussing the pleasures and pitfalls of navigating the streets encumbered with a pram. 


In Huntly I will be working on a more extensively researched version of the project and am planning a series of events to engage pram users: new parents (I imagine predominantly mothers), as well as more experienced families with older children. These will include walks around the town exploring and mapping the physical terrain and its difficulties, as well as making more visible (and celebrating) pram use. 


The project will be documented online at http://huntlyperambulator.wordpress.com, follow the blog to keep in touch as it develops.


all best,
Clare
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