I recently came across the work of Gunther Anders via Dr C.J. Muller; absolutely fascinating! The idea that we now live in a world full of things we can know but not feel really sparked something in my thinking. Must read more!

Digital planning participation in Newcastle influenced by fake accounts and comments to skew outcomes. Not quite Russian interference (?) but it’s still shocking and is a taste of what we may expect in planning in the future Michael Batty Dr Wei Yang forbes.com/sites/carltonr…

Permitted development, a damaging and illogical approach that just keeps growing despite any evidence of its benefits!

The future of transport: how local people are helping to design new metro trains theconversation.com/the-future-of-… via The Conversation

Shows how important it is for a wide spectrum of people to contribute to knowledge records. dezeen.com/2021/03/08/wik… via Dezeen

Mapping has the power to show more that accepted truths of the landscapes and we should push it to do just that - How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America theconversation.com/how-black-cart… via The Conversation U.S.

Storytelling vital in humanities desire for narratives, to help them understand the world, I'm interested in how this notion can be elsewhere applied! - Generation X: its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s theconversation.com/generation-x-i…

A brief insight but an article full of wonderful jumping off points for any of those interested in - The Art of Walking daily.jstor.org/the-art-of-wal… via JSTOR Daily

Sometimes its just nice to see design that makes you smile - IKEA unveils Allen key lamp in homage to "the most iconic IKEA item of all" dezeen.com/2021/03/17/all… via Dezeen

Interesting perspective on how highstreets may change; worth thinking about infrastructure that will need to be redesigned/reused/rethought in the wake of these changes - How retail giants could thrive on the post-pandemic high street theconversation.com/how-retail-gia… via The Conversation

Today I read Chapter 14 of Rebecca Solnit's 'Wanderlust, A History of Walking'. This evening I sit a little dazed by the systemic history of restricting the walking of those who identify as women. More than ever I am determined to exercise my right to walk in public for me.

Do you attend Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 2022? Come to our “Encountering Lefebvre: Sensing and appropriating the neoliberal”, symposium, we have excellent presentations! See our programme (31 August, afternoon). Of interest to CaCHE Urban Studies & Social Policy @UrbanMattersIUR @UrbanSSAP

Excited to set off for a second day of #RGSIBG22 and eagerly anticipating my own opportunity to present. If you are at the conference come and see me in the second session of Encountering Lefebvre!

Now Natalie Bamford reflects on her PhD method output, Direct Me, as a result of problematising exclusionary participatory methods: collect 'directions', engage in conversations with directions (hermeneutic phenomenology) to create 'stories'. I LOVE this!!!

Fascinating & timely research at today's Mobile Methods Across Disciplines symposium. Catch the recording inc. work on troubling go-alongs, edgework, walk-along typologies & layered walking #MMADsymposium amy (she/her/hers) Lesley Murray Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer Natalie Bamford Rik Huizinga

Excited to announce a paper detailing the method I developed for my thesis is now available to read! Full article: Accessing embodied knowledge of place: a method tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…