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About Owain Jones

I am an emeritus professor of Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University, UK. I trained as a cultural geographer and have published many academic articles and books on various aspects of place, landscape, memory, nature-society relations, and, specifically, on tides and tidal landscpes. I also am involved in other creative enterprises!

Edgelarks; New CD; Feather; Track 5; What We Save From The Tide

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Track 5 of this new CD Feather by Edgelarks; is inspired by the tide, what can be found beach-combing, and the imaginative process. Written by Hannah Martin.

Edgelarks 'Feather' Album Launch Tour

This CD is only just out – as in their previous songs, there is a focus on place, landscapes and environment.

Details of the CD and one sample track are on Bandcamp

They say in the CD notes

“Several books were of particular significance in the writing of these songs. I am thankful to Nick Groom’s The Seasons, Kathleen Jamie’s Findings, and Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark for all their wisdom.”

So this is modern folk music written very much in relation to contemporary nature writing, and environmental philosophy writing.

 

New major Film about the Tidal Wadden Sea – Silence of the Tides

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“SILENCE OF THE TIDES is a cinematic portrait that is driven by the continuous ‘breathing’ of the Wadden, an area anchored amongst continuous tensions against a backdrop of light, mist, wind, water and land.

The film observes the inhaling and exhaling of the tides along with the repeating cycles and contrasts of nature, light, sound and mankind.

The film evokes the question of whether the Wadden Islands are a part of water or part of the land, but above all it gives shape and scope to the unique living existence of the Wadden Sea and its inhabitants.”

More info here 

A try out of an inflatable kayak; and swimming; high tide; Severn Estuary at Thornbury Sailing Club

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Here is a Flickr album of some pictures. Many thanks to Fran Ward and Thornbury Sailing Club – and Simon. It was great to be out on the tide rather than viewing from the shore as usual. The inflatable kayak seemed fine! And there was someone with a homemade double canvas canoe. We tried that too. And we swam in Oldbury Pill. Click on the picture to go to the slide show.

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