Loitering without intent: how taking aimless walks can create community and help you feel part of a city

By Morag Rose, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Liverpool

I love walking, and think it can change the world, but I hate wellbeing walks. I’m more interested in how walking can connect us to the places we dwell and the people we dwell with.

As a disabled person, wellbeing narratives frequently ignore my needs. They assume a standard body and often have a moralistic or bossy tone. They can ignore individual access needs and structural inequalities.

My walking is slow and sometimes painful. It is made possible by the NHS, orthotics (specialised, removable…

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