On Jan 28, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Ruth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: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.Am really enjoying all the words and thought of you all whilst reading Nancy Campbell’s ‘The Library of Ice’ at the weekend. The following few lines from the book might be of interest to some of you:“Icelandic culture is infused with stories of travel. When names were needed for modern machines, the technology that enables our imaginations to travel, words were chosen that centred on the quality of roaming. Thus the neologism for laptop is fartölva, formed from the verb far, meaning to migrate, and tölva – migrating computer’; its companion, the external hard drive, is a flakkari. The latter word can also mean ‘wanderer’ or ‘vagrant’. In the end it’s the wanderers we rely on.” Nancy Campbell ‘The Library of Ice’ (Scribner UK, 2018: page 232) www.nancycampbell.co.ukAll the bestRuthTwitter @Ruth_HBroadbentFrom: Walking Artists Network <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Museum Of Walking <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, 25 January 2019 at 09:36
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Subject: Dictionary/Glossary of Walking Art
Happy Friday!Can we walking artists pull together a dictionary or glossary of walking art?I’m guessing that those with PhDs on the topic may already have such a thing and can give us a springboard for a starter.Happy to collate off list although I think interactions across the list will be a worthy catalyst and memory joggerDefinitions limited to 200 characters so we could Tweet them at some point to broaden interest in walking artAlso looking for expressions/idioms etc linked to walking e.g. down at heelI’m trying out ‘shuffle’ as my word eg ‘Largactyl shuffle’ a walk to raise awareness of mental health issuesLooking forward to my inbox filling upBest AndrewANDREW STUCKWalking Creative (TM)Founding Director of theMuseum of Walking@museumofwalkingProducer - Talking WalkingThe Museum of Walking is a trading name of Rethinking Cities Ltd., registered in the UK number 5801458.@RethinkCitiesCo-producer of the first ever Urban Tree FestivalSent from my iPhoneFRIENDLY 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
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