Walking-with a 6-year-old and a smartphone: locative AR, counter-mapping and the productive disruptions of intergenerational collaboration in Placing Spaces

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Placing Spaces is an ongoing practice-research project I have been developing with my daughter Poppy since 2023. Together, we have been testing a process of intergenerational collaboration and using walking methods and creative technologies to explore place from a child's perspective. This article outlines the process we have been on thus far and critically reflects on a geo-located AR walk from 2023. Bringing together a series of critical lenses – across walking, performance, new media, and childhood studies – I argue that walking-with a 6-year-old and a smartphone enabled us to embrace a series of entanglements between adult, child, technology, and place..