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Hi Dee and Simone, This will soon be turned round - at least somewhat - when we produce next month your publication about your walk as a female, solitary walker inspired by the great writer/walker/artist Nan Shepherd. Watch this space! Greetings from Huntly. Claudia Claudia Zeiske Director | Deveron Arts Brander Museum, The Square, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 8BR Tel: 01466 794494| www.deveron-arts.com www.walking-institute.com -----Original Message----- From: Walking Artists Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simone Sent: 04 September 2014 20:27 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Why Walking Helps Us Think - The New Yorker I appreciate you naming this Dee. I'm so tired of ranting on about it.Still think more ahrc funding should be given to you and Cathy! Sorry to miss your talk. Simone > On 4 Sep 2014, at 17:36, Deirdre Heddon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I know this is not the focus of the article, but how tiresome it is to see yet again the solo male figure striding across an empty landscape - managing to both walk and think! And yes, those are mountains in the background. > It would be lovely just occasionally to see a woman who is able to walk and think (imagine that!). Or, even more radical, a representation that shows thinking to be a relational act rather than the product of individual genius. > (And yes, I know Virginia Wolf is referenced in the piece - if any > woman is referenced, it's always Virginia Wolf. And often only > Virginia Wolf.) > > Rather than ranting on, I will instead (in a blatant performance of self-publicity) direct anyone with the slightest interest in the gendered politics of walking to the articles co-authored with Cathy Turner: > > Heddon, D., and Turner, C. (2012) Walking women: shifting the tales and scales of mobility. Contemporary Theatre Review, 22 (2). pp. 224-236. > > Heddon, D., and Turner , C. (2010) Walking women: interviews with artists on the move. Performance Research, 15 (4). pp. 14-22. > > On Wednesday, at Roehampton University, I'll be turning my attention to walking and disability - maybe see some of you there. > > Regards, > Dee > > > > Deirdre Heddon > Professor of Theatre Studies > 9 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ > www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/staff/deirdreheddon/ > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: Walking Artists Network [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Chris > Galanis [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 04 September 2014 14:53 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fwd: Why Walking Helps Us Think - The New Yorker > >> >> http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/walking-helps-us-think?utm_sou >> rce=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook&mbid=social_fa >> cebook >> >> >> "Praise ignorance, for what man >> has not encountered he has not destroyed." >> >> - Wendell Berry > > 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. 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