https://wbg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07 Making_Devolution_Work_for_Women_Sheffield_Report.pdf> [Accessed 11 March 2022].

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Alice Grant for all of their help with the research and delivery of this special study.

Contents

Preface

Introduction 1

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Theoretical context

The Divide of Men and Women in Cities Walking cities Designing Cities Through Walking Conclusion

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Physical Context 6

Methodology

Walking and Wandering as a Method to

Understand the Streetscape

Drawing as a Method of Recording a Response to the City

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The Intended Route

Day Night

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The Wandering Route

Day

Night

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Conclusion 38

Figure 1

Preface

Our Bodies Our Streets (OBOS), a Sheffield-based campaign group, aims to bring attention to and 1 tackle cat-calling and sexual harassment in the city. As well as creating a map showing locations of reported instances of public harassment, they created public art in Ponderosa park that highlighted the complexities of public street harassment (figure 3). Within a month this was 2 deliberately burnt down in a violent act against the artwork’s message, further reinforcing the 3 importance of addressing this issue. Prior to this, on 3rd of March 2021, Sarah Everard was abducted, raped, and murdered by police 4 officer, Wayne Couzens. This act along with the lack of care that the Metropolitan Police took with his previous offences and their reaction to the protest in response to her murder —catalysed a pre-existing lack of trust in the police and their attitudes towards women's safety. Statistically speaking, only 1 in 60 reported rapes are prosecuted, propagating further distrust in the justice system.

These campaigns brought to light how widespread these issues are; while not surprising, it was certainly disheartening to see that most women have experienced some form of street harassment and accepted it as part of life. The violent act of burning an installation representing women’s rights was frightening, yet it empowered me to exercise my right to the city.

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Figure 2: OBOS harassment mapping Figure 3: OBOS public art vandalism

Definitions

Auto-ethnographic: a systematic approach to research aspiring to describe and analyse personal 7experience. Intended route: A route defined by me prior to undertaking the walk that moves towards an end destination.

Wandering route: A route that has no destination and has not been previously defined.

1 OurBodiesOurStreets Sheffield, "Our Bodies Our Streets", Arcgis Storymaps, 2021 <https:// storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0316180203b2456fb7a0de13fa7e285a> [Accessed 1 March 2022].

2 BBC News, "Our Bodies Our Streets: Appeal Over Ponderosa Park Sculpture Arson", 2021 <https:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-58397602> [Accessed 9 February 2022]. 5 Jamie Grierson, "Wayne Couzens Case Raises Questions Over How Police Officers Are Sanctioned", The Guardian, 2022 <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/04/wayne-couzens-case-how-do-you-lose-yourjob-in-the-police> [Accessed 8 March 2022].