What time of night does the new Cambridge shopping mall close its doors? Where can you sleep if you've no home and little money? Which nightclubs have a ladies-go-free policy? Where can you get a meal at 4 am? Why have homeless people been drawn to the city for more than two centuries? If you monitor live CCTV footage for a living, how does it alter your attitude to strangers? How did the twin kebab vans of Cambridge market - the Trailer of Life, and the Trailer of Death - acquire their nicknames?As we wandered the city, these were the questions that seemed relevant to the people we met. We had been invited to create a participative event that explored the Cambridge night, and we were researching locations and ideas for this event. Having met nocturnal revellers and nocturnal workers, we wanted to give our participants access to the diverse and exuberant energies of the night.The participative event that we created was called Conversations After Dark. It took the form of nocturnal guided walk through Cambridge city centre. En route there were activities, readings, interventions by passers by, games and a picnic. It took place on the last Saturday in October and was structured around the extra hour that appears at 2 am when the clocks slide from British Summer Time (BST) back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For this reason, the event was for one night only. Our article, also called Conversations After Dark, brings together material from before, during and after the guided walk. We present extracts from the script (written before the walk), five photos (taken by Julian Hughes during the walk), and some commentary and context written after the walk.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2012.671076
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