Walking Map of Edinburgh’s
Festival Places and Spaces
Project.
This project is a collaborative, creative, and participative public engagement with research study undertaken by Edinburgh Napier University and the Museum of Walking. We are seeking residents of Edinburgh’s communities to contribute to a sonic walking map of the history and future of Edinburgh’s festivals.
Edinburgh is the world’s leading festival city with a history of more than 70 years, the city’s annual festivals attract 4.5 million visitors from around the world and generate £313 million for Scotland’s economy. This project aims to uncover stories of Edinburgh residents’ historical and future engagement with the festivals in the city.
We are inviting members of Edinburgh’s communities to contribute their own stories of significant festival places and spaces, and where and when they would like to see Edinburgh’s festivals in the future.
Us.
Dr Louise Todd is an Associate Professor (Research) in International Festival and Event Management and Public Engagement Lead for the Business School at Edinburgh Napier University. Her research is in arts and cultural festivals and tourism with specific interests in event tourism, and festival city discourses; alongside creative, walking, participatory, and visual methods in these settings. Louise is also an artist: her artwork is concerned with people and places through the lens of tourism, both as a phenomenon, and as a set of practices. Louise’s interests reflect how we gaze upon, experience, and perform tourism when we engage with spaces and places.
Benedetta Piccio, Research Assistant. PhD student at Edinburgh Napier University, "Women, Festival Leaders and Social Transformations: An International Comparison". She has researched the online Edinburgh 2020 Fringe and recently published as a co-author: "Learning from the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Recommendations for Festivals and Performing Arts in Navigating Covid-19 and New Digital Contexts."
Andrew Stuck, Walking Creative, is founder of the Museum of Walking, founder and co-producer of Sound Walk September hosted on the WalkListenCreate platform, which is a not-for-profit enterprise promoting the collaboration between artists, performers, and writers in augmenting walks and walking. He has also been podcasting at Talking Walking for 12 years, interviewing people who either use walking as a catalyst to their practice or those who shape the environment through which we walk.
Jack Pedersen is just finishing up his MSc in International Festival & Event Management at Napier where he has focussed on the identity of local performers, host communities, and cultural events. He is a lover of the Edinburgh Festivals, having previously worked in Edinburgh as an actor and stage manager for the past 5 years.
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