The Wilding Women
Each woman who contributes a story takes a bit of wilding into her life from it, and talks to others, and acts in a wilding way on her wilding path. And people notice, and ask.
Who are these women?
Alison Williams
WalksWithTrees
Living in Edinburgh, Scotland, Alison is a specialist in creativity – practicing as a visual artist, researching how physical space impacts people’s creativity. A Grammar of Creative Workplaces
Hon. Professor of Creativity at the Centre for Person-centred Practice Research, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s 2012, she has a deep involvement in research, particularly in how exercise and self-empowerment can grow wellbeing and quality of life. Adventures in Parkinson’s | Future Medicine
Blogs:
Winner: Hubert Butler Essay Prize 2021
Academic publications: Edited books and book chapters
BITE: Recipes for remarkable research. (2014). Eds: Alison Williams, Derek Jones, Judy Robertson. Amsterdam: Sense Publishing.
EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education (2017). Eds: Judy Robertson, Alison Williams, Derek Jones et al. Amsterdam: Sense Publishing.
Williams, A. (2014). The Creative Footprint: The capacity of research environments to support creative research. BITE: Recipes for remarkable research. Eds: A. Williams, J. Robertson, D. Jones. Amsterdam: Sense Publishing.
Williams, A. & Barrett, P. (2014). Creating sensory-sensitive spaces for remarkable research. BITE: Recipes for remarkable research. Eds: A. Williams, J. Robertson, D. Jones. Amsterdam: Sense Publishing.
Williams, A. (nd) ‘Techne/technique/technology’: Invited chapter on the creative process: “Before the idea”. Eds.: C. Baker, K. Siccio.
Malinin, L. H., Williams, A. & Leigh, K. (nd). The Psycho-Spatial Dynamics of Workplace Designs for Creative Disruption. In: Business Innovation and Disruption by Design. Vol.4 in Business Innovation and Disruption Series. Eds.: R. DeFillippi, A. Rieple, & P. Wikstrom. Pub.: Edward Elgar
Peer-reviewed publications and conference proceedings
Scott, T.J.; Perry, D; Williams, A; Aragon, C.R. (2016) Beyond the Individual: The Dynamic Features of Distributed Affect. Group ’16.
Williams, A. (2013). A Grammar of Creative Workplaces. PhD Thesis: University of East London, UK.
Williams, A. (2011). Imaging and Reimagining the Creative Process: Towards a meta-model of creativity. In: Conference Proceedings, Shorelines Symposium. Ayr, UK.
Williams, A. (2011). Creativity Syntax: Codifying Physical Space’s Impact on Creativity in the Workplace. In: Conference Proceedings, Creativity & Cognition 2011.
Williams, A. (2009a). Creativity Syntax: An Emerging Concept for Creativity in the Workplace. Design Principles & Practices. Vol. 3.
Williams, A. (2009b). The Creative Footprint: the impact of physical space on workplace creativity. In: Conference Proceedings, Creativity & Cognition 2009.
Maxwell, D. & Williams, A. (2014). Pragmatics, Plasticity and Permission: A Model for Creativity in Temporary Spaces. In: Academic Design Management conference proceedings
Malinin, L. H., Williams, A. & Leigh, K. (2014). Disruption and Empowerment to Support Creativity in-the-Wild. In: Academic Design Management conference proceedings.
Badding, S., Leigh, K. & Williams, A. (2014). Models of Thinking: Assessing the components of the design thinking process. In: Academic Design Management conference proceedings.
Aragon, C. R. & Williams, A. (2011). Collaborative Creativity: A complex systems model with distributed affect. In: CHI Conference Proceeding pp 1875-1884
Alison Wooding
Alison Wooding, wife and mother of two, is a forever learner in consciousness & transformation. Trained in Systemic Constellations, Coaching & Mysticism, she innovates GenerativeWork, supporting conscious leaders & organisations seeking wholeness & sustainability. Passions: Equality, Peace after conflict, Plant-based, Ecology & Mountains. Shaping the world we want with love.
Cedissia About
Architect, teacher and researcher in urbanism, works for the City of Paris.
After 5 years in several architecture and landscape agencies, Cedissia About joined the City of Paris where she was in charge of monitoring urban projects, before becoming Head of the Innovation and Sustainable Building division.
She also loves to dance, swim, read, listen to music, and travel.
Genevieve Geffriaud
Becoming a wilding woman made me peaceful, altruistic, confident and full of joy. I am Me.
Karen Chevallier
Spending her time between learning, teaching and designing architecture, gardens, landscapes and urban spaces. But also raising a child and now a teenager, loving, paying attention to all living beings, sketching, singing, dancing life in any place and moment on earth.
Leah Marcelline
Poet, thinker, singer, dancer, and listener to women. Lives outside her birth country for a view of many cultural perspectives. Believes in sharing, equality, kindness and minimalism, and feels happiest snorkeling in the sea.
Mary J. Oliver
Mary, a visual artist, recently had her first book published. It’s the story of her father’s life as a hobo in Canada during the 1930s. She has two daughters whom she raised in Scotland and she now lives happily with her husband in Cornwall UK.
Links to Mary’s work
Jim Neat: The Case of a Young Man Down on His Luck
Bicep to Bicep | The Guardian Poem of the Month
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities | Podcast
Sarah James Wright
Sarah James Wright has a deep love of nature and humanity and reverent curiosity for the mystery that powers life. This underpins her work supporting conscious leadership and future fit business through her organisation GenerativeWork.Space. She enjoys walking the South Downs or swimming in the sea near her family home.
Shelley Assiter
Mother and grandmother, Activist and believer in communities and human connections, Psychotherapist, Feminist at heart and in actions, Traveller, Lover of life, Seeker of spiritual truth. In my passion for life and humanity, I live a full and exciting life. I see myself as the eternal Student of Life. The learning never ends.
Soo Young Lee
Soo Young Lee experiences the world through both Korean and American sensibilities. From this, she has written, spoken and danced. She loves exploring what inspires someone to ask the right questions instead of trying to find the right answers. She balances her writing with coaching, creative seminars and contributing to her transformational website.
Tania Watson
Tania is a lover of life … a writer, a photographer, creator, disruptor, a coach, a leader, a facilitator of change, a systems thinker … and spends her time balancing all these things for herself and, through her business, for her clients while nurturing relationships and friends and family.