A field guide for women wanting to reclaim their cities

The allure of the city is powerful, but not universally accessible. For many women, it can be exclusionary, exploitative and dangerous. In The Feminist Art of Walking, Morag Rose shows how women can and do claim their place in the public space.

Setting off to explore cities and towns across Britain, she traces local histories and personal stories and attunes herself to the wider resonances of women’s rights amidst alienating capitalist cityscapes. Craving connection and comradeship, she discovers a unique and inclusive approach to walking, celebrating diverse women who transform walking into an art form and act of resistance.

By experiencing the pleasures and pains of urban exploration, she shows us how to reconnect with and become enchanted by our streets.

It celebrates women walking artists whose work has often been unrecognised, and also draws on her own work as a walking artist, activist and psychogeographer.

You can hear Morag talk about her artistic practice in the BBC Radio 4 documentary “Art of Now: Women Who Walk” which is available via BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000nmn

She is also chair of Our Irwell, a community group dedicated to protecting, promoting and progressing public access to The River Irwell. The group formed after a success campaign to save a section of towpath at Ralli Quays, Salford more details are here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/25/plan-to-build-over-salford-riverside-footpath-dropped-after-outcry

Chaired by Amelia Daiz of Meanderers, a women’s walking group inspired by Morag  Rose’s work

Refreshments included