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Greetings from Melbourne, Australia!! As a recent addition to the WAN email list, i am still an unknown entity to you all. But, I couldn't resist responding to this idea of the 'pushy' dad', given that i have spent the past two years raising my daughter almost full-time. As a man with a pram (which we now use less and less), my countless daily outings with Olive lead to some interesting looks from, and interactions with, the general public, not least of all from other men. I remember standing at a pedestrian crossing, one day, waiting for the green man to blink. A 40-something man standing next to us looked at the pram, then at me, and said quite seriously "So, you drew the short straw did you?" I politely reminded him that spending time with my daughter was a privilege and not a burden. Also, once when i was carrying Olive down our street, we walked passed two males who were building someone a new front fence. One labourer turned to the other and said "Fuck, mate. That's what I should be doing; carrying my kid around all day." I didn't bother pointing out to him that it wasn't quite that simple. Good luck with your project, Clare. It's a great idea. best wishes, David Prescott-Steed On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Kaspar Wimberley < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > K > > Reuchlinstrasse 4a, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany > Skype: kaspar.wimberley > Tel: 0049 (0)1751998917http://treacletheatre.co.uk/portfolio/http://stuttg-arttours.de/ > > On 5/6/14 10:24 PM, Ignacio Pérez Pérez wrote: > > 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 >> >> Producer of Talking Walking >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 6 May 2014, at 20:39, clare qualmann wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> throughout May I will be working with Deveron Arts<http://www.deveron-arts.com/>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 >> >> Clare Qualmann >> http://www.clarequalmann.co.uk >> http://www.walkwalkwalk.org.uk >> http://www.walkingartistsnetwork.org >> FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be >> sending a message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to >> respond to everyone. >> >> To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wan >> >> >> Andrew Stuck >> Managing Director >> Rethinking Cities >> 07725555460 >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.rethinkingcities.net >> @RethinkCities >> >> >> FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be >> sending a message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to >> respond to everyone. >> >> To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wan >> > > FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending > a message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to respond > to everyone. > > To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wan > > > FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending > a message to over 300 subscribers. 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