Radical Walking

Radical Walking is an activity to engage participants as they walk through and examine their surroundings and ultimately share their ideas and visions for creative placemaking.

In the Radical Walking process, people see, hear, smell, taste, and feel to collect information and ideas about their physical environment. The information is used for creative expressions, presentations, or visions.

Radical Walking is a way to recapture an understanding of everyday spaces through slow walking and paying attention to our senses by exploring shared and public spaces. The initial idea of Radical Walking emerged from the works of a French theorist and philosopher from the mid-20th century (Koo, Hustedde, & Young, 2018). Radical Walking supports creative placemaking with an engagement process and a series of activities to entice people to interact with their surroundings.

The activity includes guiding questions, activities, and a survey for after that can be used to help participants observe, interpret, and voice their ideas for vibrant communities. The activity can be used by community leaders and volunteers to get people involved in more holistic ways than town hall meetings, hearings, or workshops

• Timeframe to complete project: 2 Hours

• Cost range: Free

• Key Words: Shared Spaces, Storytelling, Collective Ideas, Creative Expressions, Community Development, Planning and Design, Downtown Vision, Buildings, Public Spaces, Sense of Place, Community and Cultural Assessments, Public Spaces and Gathering Places, Beginner, Fun, Community

• This project was created by University of Kentucky Landscape Architecture. Click on the button below to access the resource.