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The explosion of urban writing set in the cities and towns of Australia allows us to walk amid history, subcultures and alternative visions of urban places.
‘Situationists’ believe the physical spaces around us, and how we interact with them, has a significant impact on how we feel.
Walking roots us in new places. It also unlocks memories of those we’ve moved away from.
A walk can gift you fresh eyes to see otherwise forgotten or ignored aspects of your local area.
Literary responses to global lockdowns reveal haunting parallels with how people negotiated the invisible threat of radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.
Cities aren’t just a male creation, but women’s contributions have been sidelined. There are ways we can rediscover and restore these women to their rightful place in the stories of our cities.
Wandering the city by foot helps us look beneath ordinary conceptions of the face value of a place to the meanings built up and lost over time.
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Senior Lecturer English Literature and Creative Writing, University of Staffordshire
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MBA, Deputy Director, Curtin University
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Professor of Employment and Industry, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Human Geography, Cardiff University
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Vice Rector in Gjøvik, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney
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Scholar in Media and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
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Catedrático de Geografía Humana, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela