Open AccessDrawings We Have Lived: Mapping Desire Lines in Edmonton
Author(s) -
Erika Luckert
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
constellations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-0509
DOI - 10.29173/cons18871
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , space (punctuation) , aesthetics , sociology , gender studies , history , art , computer science , archaeology , operating system
Desire Lines are grassy pathways formed when many people walk the same way over and over again – exploring or shortcutting through city space. Thus, they display an urban history while shaping a space’s present as well. From May to August 2012, I mapped and documented Desire Lines in Edmonton. This paper chronicles my methods and findings, and situates the concept of Desire Lines in a larger theoretical context.