Walking as Research Practice (WARP)
And then, a solitary practice became a group.
ASCA's Walking as Research Practice (WARP) research group
University of Amsterdam
Alice Twemlow and I created the WARP research group out of curiosity and motivation to understand and experiment with walking as a form of research.
Whether we are engaged in site-specific or virtual wanderings, feminist flâneries or digital dérives, and whether we prioritize listening or looking, day or night, urban or rural, pre-planning or play, being alone or walking with, through walking practices, we can transform ourselves, what we make and the landscapes/environments we traverse. As a research method, walking can be used to perform and/or document in creative ways the act of walking, the path, the environment, or the events unfolding during this practice.
Ongoing group padlet.
WARP CONFERENCE 2022
Following the group’s success, we organised an international conference bringing together research and artistic practice and combining theory and praxis in a two-and-a-half-day event that spanned through different disciplines, researchers, practitioners and enthusiasts.
Read more about it here.
AFTER THE CONFERENCE… A PUBLICATION!
Special Issue WARP x Soapbox Journal
Special Issue WARP x Soapbox Journal results from the Walking as a Research Practice Conference 2022 Proceedings. It is part of the follow-up strategy devised regarding the outcomes of the WARP Conference organised by Alice Twemlow, Francesca Ranally and me.
Read more about it here.
Special Edition WARP X Soapbox, “Walking as Research Practice”, has received the GOLDENE LETTER, the highest recognition in the international book design competition, “Best Book Design from all over the World,” by Stiftung Buchkunst, the German foundation for book design. Additionally, the journal has been recognised as one of “The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2023” and “The Best Dutch Book Designs 2023.”
The team behind this achievement includes the designer Jana Sofie Liebe, the managing editor Lynn Gommes, and the WARP team, Tânia A. Cardoso, Alice Twemlow, and Francesca Ranalli, as project initiators. The journal was published by Soapbox and supported by the Center for Urban Studies (CUS).
“Read me while you walk. Hold me while you stand. Put me down while you take a pause.”
Would you like to collaborate, join us or have an idea for a seminar?
