Reading Response #2

The article I chose for my second reading response was called “A Manifesto for a New Walking Culture: 'dealing with the city'”. This article talks about a new style of drift walking that has been developed using a deck of cards. Each suit represents a different type of walking strategy devised by four different people. These suits correspond to: The Walker as Artist, The Walker as the writer of the city, The Walker as playful performer, and disrupted walking as the new designing of the city.
Along with these four walking ‘strategies’, each card also represents another aspect of the drift. For instance, the 4 of clubs reads as “WALK: Attempt to redress, in a small way, the overabundance of hierarchical road signs established by our public servants.[1] 'They may, for example, tell you that there is only "one way" to navigate a particular area. Find other ways of walking, mapping and signing routes through these public spaces.”
I find this drift idea very elaborate but somewhat confusing. This article was stuffy to me and it didn’t seem to explain things very well. However, I was still intrigued by the idea of the drift strategy with the deck of cards incorporated. So I decided to read on and discover what it was all about. As I read most of the cards and the strategies, I became more interested in the idea. This type of strategy may even be worth trying out one day.