A Tidal Studies Walk
Sensing Differently
A Tidal Studies Walk:Sensing Differently
Join us on March 1st for a critical walk along Amsterdam’s canal ring, developed by Tidal Studies working group in response to Buhlebezwe Siwani’s exhibition ulwela amaza. In exploring critical walking as an embodied research practice, grounded in queer, feminist, and anti-racist methodologies, Tidal Studies invite participants to slow down and experience familiar surroundings through different registers.
While the colonial canal infrastructure is interwoven with histories of control, domination, and mastery, the canal ring continues to be celebrated for its ingenious hydraulic engineering and forward-thinking design. How might we relate to and sense the city center differently? In this walk, we elicit questions about the ways we are entangled with water. We will engage with Amsterdam’s waters as a living palimpsest of histories and struggles, ruminating on questions such as: What does it mean to walk with water? What narratives reside below the surface?
In turning toward stories of presence and absence, we pay specific attention to feminist, queer and diasporic orientations in the city center. We’ll contemplate how the absent stories of the feminist queer Black, Migrant, and Refugee Movement, active between the late 1970s and early 2000s, are interwoven with the city center. What does it mean to contemplate diasporic movement work, desire, and sensuality within this white cityscape? Together, we will attune to how walking with water shifts our sense of place.
As capacity is limited, please sign up by emailing info@rozenstraat.com.
PRACTICALITIES & ACCESSIBILITY
- We will meet at Rozenstraat at 10:30 AM for a brief introduction by Tidal Studies.
- The walk will be slow-paced and will last approximately 1.5 hours.
- We will end back at Rozenstraat for a warm cup coffee or tea and a final conversation.
Rozenstraat is located on the ground floor and is wheelchair/stroller accessible. The space has two toilets which unfortunately are not wheelchair accessible.The walk will move through the city center.
Expect bridges, cobblestones, traffic, and crowds.Please wear warm and waterproof clothing, as the weather can be very unpredictable.
We will go with the flow of the rain; in the event of heavy downpours, we will pause and/or delay the walk. The main language of the walk is English, but Dutch translation can be provided.