Geopolitics and Memories: Walking through Plymouth, England

Abstract

This chapter is about an evening’s walk along the section of Britain’s South West Coast Path that runs through the city of Plymouth. Reflections on that walk embody how geopolitics affects us and how the repercussions and memories of war and death are folded into the textures of an everyday urban fabric. Through a variety of tracks and inspirations from geographical and other writings, I argue that this has implications for how other landscapes, places and paths might be understood.