3. Standing on a street corner
What do you notice about the world around you as
you do this?
Life goes on- everyone has somewhere to be
Shops/ businesses we hadn’t noticed before- stood out
People were rushing to get out of the rain
4. Standing on a street corner
How do you feel standing there?
Felt slightly uncomfortable- stood still, not doing
anything in the rain
Selly Oak- student area, not out of place for a student
to be stood on a street corner, assume they are waiting
for someone
5. Standing on a street corner
How do other pedestrians respond to you?
Rain- some people were rushing past with umbrellas
and weren’t noticing what we were doing, concentrating
on getting out of rain
Strange looks- those that noticed stared, stood on a
corner without an umbrella, not under a cover in the
pouring rain
In the way- felt like we were obstructing people walking
past
7. Walking backwards
What do you notice about the world around you as
you do this?
Walking backwards supports arguments about the ‘right
way’ of doing things.
Different walk- notice things walking backwards didn’t
notice when walking normally to uni
Felt unfamiliar- having to look and check a route that
we walk everyday
8. Walking backwards
How do you feel?
Really uncomfortable- felt stupid
Laughing ourselves- knew that we looked strange and
that people were looking at us
Going to fall/ walk into someone- couldn’t see what was
behind us, felt uneasy
9. Walking backwards
How do other pedestrians respond to you?
Laughing- perhaps because we were laughing too
Staring- we were doing something ‘abnormal’/ different
to what they were doing and so they noticed us
Strange/annoyed looks- people in rush because of rain
and getting in the way walking backwards
