Walking Cities: London - 2nd Edition

Name: Walking Cities: London - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Walking Cities: LondonAuthor(s): Jaspar Joseph-Lester, Simon King, Amy Blier-Carruthers, Roberto Bottazzi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367407919, 978-0367407919\nSynopsis\nWalking Cities: London (second edition) brings together a new interdisciplinary field of artists, writers, architects, musicians, human geographers and philosophers to consider how a city walk informs and triggers new processes of making, thinking, researching and communicating. In particular, the book examines how the city contains narratives, knowledge and contested materialities that are best accessed through the act of walking.\n\nThe varied contributions take the form of short stories, illustrated essays, personal reflections and accounts of walks both real and fictional. While artist and RCA tutor Rut Blees Luxemburg and philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy recount a nocturnal journey from Shoreditch to the City of London; architect Peter St Jo.