Comments on: Microtravelling http://brilli.am/writes/2009/01/21/microtravelling/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:23:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: scott http://brilli.am/writes/2009/01/21/microtravelling/comment-page-1/#comment-217 scott Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:07:39 +0000 http://brilli.am/writes/?p=138#comment-217 I tried this the other day on my walk home from work: initially it was because I wanted to stop by Subway and so had to take a roundabout route, but I remembered this post and made it roundabout-er. I didn't find anything particularly interesting, but the novelty of new surroundings was more than enough to make it worthwhile. I tried this the other day on my walk home from work: initially it was because I wanted to stop by Subway and so had to take a roundabout route, but I remembered this post and made it roundabout-er.

I didn’t find anything particularly interesting, but the novelty of new surroundings was more than enough to make it worthwhile.

]]> By: Alio http://brilli.am/writes/2009/01/21/microtravelling/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Alio Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:33:27 +0000 http://brilli.am/writes/?p=138#comment-216 Actually there's a pair of anthropologists, Tim Ingold and Jo Vergunst, who have done a tremendous amount of work on alternate methods of engaging with your environment. Part of it includes not only the actual physicality of walking and thinking and perceiving, but also the ways in which we perceive things differently when we walk. We had a discussion in my last term about ways of re-seeing your urban environment and they came up as one of the reading topics. I'm sure they've also come up with a jargolitical definition of their own, I just can't remember what it is. Actually there’s a pair of anthropologists, Tim Ingold and Jo Vergunst, who have done a tremendous amount of work on alternate methods of engaging with your environment. Part of it includes not only the actual physicality of walking and thinking and perceiving, but also the ways in which we perceive things differently when we walk. We had a discussion in my last term about ways of re-seeing your urban environment and they came up as one of the reading topics.

I’m sure they’ve also come up with a jargolitical definition of their own, I just can’t remember what it is.

]]> By: Insomnia For Beginners | ninjahobo.com http://brilli.am/writes/2009/01/21/microtravelling/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Insomnia For Beginners | ninjahobo.com Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:20:54 +0000 http://brilli.am/writes/?p=138#comment-204 [...] This is an interesting piece on micro-travel: Microtravel, in essence, is taking some time to see a part of the area you live in as if you were an explorer. By ignoring the little part of your brain that tries to pull you down the streets you normally walk to get home, you can make yourself enter some pretty weird areas and see great things….To read the rest click here [...] [...] This is an interesting piece on micro-travel: Microtravel, in essence, is taking some time to see a part of the area you live in as if you were an explorer. By ignoring the little part of your brain that tries to pull you down the streets you normally walk to get home, you can make yourself enter some pretty weird areas and see great things….To read the rest click here [...]

]]> By: ethdem http://brilli.am/writes/2009/01/21/microtravelling/comment-page-1/#comment-197 ethdem Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:25:20 +0000 http://brilli.am/writes/?p=138#comment-197 It probably fits under the umbrella definition of UE, which is really just leaving your comfort zone and exploring. You're definitely bang on about infiltration being more extreme, but it's also potentially more <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/1510134.html" rel="nofollow">rewarding</a>. Either way it's definitely a good way to keep the place you live interesting. It probably fits under the umbrella definition of UE, which is really just leaving your comfort zone and exploring. You’re definitely bang on about infiltration being more extreme, but it’s also potentially more rewarding.

Either way it’s definitely a good way to keep the place you live interesting.

]]> By: gord http://brilli.am/writes/2009/01/21/microtravelling/comment-page-1/#comment-192 gord Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:27:25 +0000 http://brilli.am/writes/?p=138#comment-192 I think this is wonderful and have practiced it on occasion. I loved doing this when living in Vancouver as there were so many interesting areas. I also believe microtravel captures the essence more than Urban Exploration. It sums everything up (the idea of seeing your town in the eyes of a visitor). I think this is wonderful and have practiced it on occasion. I loved doing this when living in Vancouver as there were so many interesting areas.

I also believe microtravel captures the essence more than Urban Exploration. It sums everything up (the idea of seeing your town in the eyes of a visitor).

]]> By: Wex http://brilli.am/writes/2009/01/21/microtravelling/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Wex Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:51:33 +0000 http://brilli.am/writes/?p=138#comment-191 I've never really thought about doing this, but at the same time, I have. Having 5 hours between classes with an hour commute to and from school leaves me with a lot of free time, wondering what to do. Should I go to the beach? Maybe the Art gallery that looks a little shady? Maybe instead of dying in Contra 4, I'll try going somewhere else that I normally don't go. Nice Segue, by the way, totally didn't see it coming (or did I...). I’ve never really thought about doing this, but at the same time, I have. Having 5 hours between classes with an hour commute to and from school leaves me with a lot of free time, wondering what to do. Should I go to the beach? Maybe the Art gallery that looks a little shady? Maybe instead of dying in Contra 4, I’ll try going somewhere else that I normally don’t go.

Nice Segue, by the way, totally didn’t see it coming (or did I…).

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