Project Films
The PWP is developing pilot films documenting walking experiences in each partner country.
Below are sample films compiled with Walker Partners
Scroll down and click on the images below to see the films
Walker Partner
Fe Stevens, UK
Sample Films #01 & # 02
These films respond to Fe walking in the South Downs National Park during July 2023.
Walker Partner
Jeni Ross, Canada
Sample Film #01
This documentation records Jeni walking in her local area of Winnipeg with Patty Thille during autumn/fall, September 2023.
Walker Partner
Manang Norma, Philippines
Sample Film #01
This film follows Norma as she walks to local shops in Manila at the end of the rainy season, October 2023.
A whisper in the trees,
A song on the wind,
Leaves waltzing around me,
Birds communicating in their own voice.
SPASM. TWINGE.
I feel free,
I feel at peace,
I feel connected to nature,
I feel grounded to the floor.
SPASM. TWINGE.
I’m never alone,
I’m accompanied by the world around me,
My thoughts are spacious,
Distraction is valued.
SPASM. TWINGE.
Every step is unique,
Every step becomes easier,
Every step guides my path,
Every step increases confidence.
SPASM. TWINGE
I search the skies,
For the blue patch of heavens,
A positivity flowing through me,
Walking is my friend.
Natalie Sharratt, May 2023
Walker Partner
Natalie Sharratt, UK
Sample Films #01 & # 02
Film #01 responds to Natalie walking in a Nottingham park in September 2023.
Film #02 responds to a poem Natalie wrote about her pain whilst walking and footage she took in November 2023.
Natalie worked with Roger Kerry and Shirley Chubb on editing her film to include precise effects that reflect her experience of walking with pain and the relationship she has developed with the environments she walks in.
See the completed film on the left and Natalie’s poem below.
Walker Partner
Lena Gudd, Norway
Sample Film #01
This documentation was taken as Lena walked in the country near Tromsø in December 2023, during the polar night season.
Co Project Lead
Shirley Chubb, UK
Sample Film #01
This footage was recorded by Shirley in the summer and autumn of 2023. The camera was attached to her ankle whilst walking giving a new perspective on the world.
Events
- Walker partner Natalie Sharratt presented her research ‘Young adults’ expectations and experiences of rehabilitation following Peri-Acetabular Osteotomy surgery in the UK.’ at the Physiotherapy Research Society Conference in Bournemouth, UK on 12th April, 2024. See her poster here and below.
- Shirley Chubb & Patty Thille led a workshop titled The (Becoming) Posthuman Walking Project at the In Sickness and In Health Conference in Auckland, New Zealand 13th-15th February, 2024. The workshop outlined the context, progression and questions that have arisien out of the PWP in the past year.
- Filip Maric, Patty Thille and Shirley Chubb led an online interactive workshop at the online Environmental Physiotherapy Festival , 9th – 11th November 2023. Delegates were invited to contribute digital images or short mobile phone videos of walking in their local environments. Through discussion and exploration, the workshop explored how interaction with non-human elements offered insights into emerging understandings of landscapes as sites of care.
Walker Partner Natalie Sharratt’s poster presented at the Physiotherapy Research Society Conference 12th April 2024 : Bournemouth, UK.
Environmental Physiotherapy Festival 9th – 11th November 2023 : Tromsō, Norway
In Sickness & In Health – 8th International Conference 13th – 15th February : Auckland, New Zealand
Posthuman Walking Project 