intervention 2 backwards adam & clara
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Intervention 2: power and the correct use
of space
Standing on a street corner
Standing on a street corner
What do you notice about the world around you as you do this?
Life goes on- everyone has somewhere to be
Shops/ businesses we hadn’t noticed before- stood out
People were rushing to get out of the rain
Standing on a street corner
How do you feel standing there?
Felt slightly uncomfortable- stood still, not doing anything in the rain
Selly Oak- student area, not out of place for a student to be stood on a street corner, assume they are waiting for someone
Standing on a street corner
How do other pedestrians respond to you?
Rain- some people were rushing past with umbrellas and weren’t noticing what we were doing, concentrating on getting out of rain
Strange looks- those that noticed stared, stood on a corner without an umbrella, not under a cover in the pouring rain
In the way- felt like we were obstructing people walking past
Walking backwards
Walking backwardsWhat do you notice about the world around you as you do this?
Walking backwards supports arguments about the ‘right way’ of doing things.
Different walk- notice things walking backwards didn’t notice when walking normally to uni
Felt unfamiliar- having to look and check a route that we walk everyday
Walking backwardsHow do you feel?
Really uncomfortable- felt stupid
Laughing ourselves- knew that we looked strange and that people were looking at us
Going to fall/ walk into someone- couldn’t see what was behind us, felt uneasy
Walking backwardsHow do other pedestrians respond to you?
Laughing- perhaps because we were laughing too
Staring- we were doing something ‘abnormal’/ different to what they were doing and so they noticed us
Strange/annoyed looks- people in rush because of rain and getting in the way walking backwards