Blue Steps: Re-imagining the 70-mile Saffron Trail as a Shared Cultural Asset for People and Species
Blue Steps explores transforming the 70-mile Saffron Trail into a shared cultural asset. This case study shows how creative research and a climate justice lens break down barriers to nature access, fostering a resilient landscape where people, land, water, and species thrive together.
Lora Aziz, Creative Director, Wyrd Flora
A Walk is a Story
What if walks and stories share the same three-part DNA? Drawing on narrative design and experiential research, Whitney explores how the structure of screenplays and hero’s journeys also shapes our daily walks, yearly hikes, and lifetime pilgrimages. Discover how intentional design transforms trails.
Whitney Henry-Lester, Producer, Editor, Experience Designer, Earheart Lab / The Darling Killer
Citizen Science and the Making of Eco-Craft Trails in Taiwan
This study examines how civic groups in Taiwan mobilize citizen science to develop alternative trail-building practices. Focusing on the Eco-Craft Trail system, it explores knowledge production by non-professional actors and their role in reshaping environmental infrastructure and governance.
Ming Chien Hsu, Research Fellow (PhD) Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University
Chia-Ling Wu, Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University
Mountains of Hope
In April, Kinetika and a small group of artists walked the Lycian Way in Turkey, carrying a selection of the silk flags in solidarity with the Lebanon Mountain Trail communities.
This walk marked the beginning of the Mountains of Hope journey, a global walking initiative, creating space for reflection, conversations, and solidarity. Participants were encouraged to submit photos, drawings or reflections from their walk and a selected contribution from these expressions will be shared during the session.
Ali Pretty, Artistic Director, Kinetika
