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'This article situates the writing of a novel and its relationship to place within a practice-
led vantage point that draws on concepts of writing about the city, ranging from the
figure of the flâneur to the field of psychogeography. I explore how the physical act of
moving through a city on foot and my close reading of two short stories – which both
leverage the contrast between pedestrian and vehicle – helped me to approach and
define the city in which my novel is set and, through this, offered specific opportunities
and imaginative possibilities for the narrative rendering of place. I also unpack the
potentiality of the car, particularly the way it shapes an unequal power dynamic in
which the pedestrian may be observed, interpreted and threatened by someone who can
remain protected within the enclosure of a vehicle.'
led vantage point that draws on concepts of writing about the city, ranging from the
figure of the flâneur to the field of psychogeography. I explore how the physical act of
moving through a city on foot and my close reading of two short stories – which both
leverage the contrast between pedestrian and vehicle – helped me to approach and
define the city in which my novel is set and, through this, offered specific opportunities
and imaginative possibilities for the narrative rendering of place. I also unpack the
potentiality of the car, particularly the way it shapes an unequal power dynamic in
which the pedestrian may be observed, interpreted and threatened by someone who can
remain protected within the enclosure of a vehicle.'
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The Dangerous Ambiguity of Being on Foot : Reflections on the Act of Walking and Negotiating the Tension between Pedestrian and Car in the Process of Writing a Novel
TEXT : Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs
TEXT : Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs
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