The EarthLines Magazine blog
Sharon Blackie
Book review: Being Alive, by Tim Ingold
Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description by Tim Ingold. Reviewed by Sharon Blackie. This review appeared in Issue 1 (May 2012) of EarthLines Magazine. In the world of anthropology, Tim Ingold is unquestionably a star. Outside that world, his work is quite well known in selected related academic circles – but once you … Continue reading
The Hebridean Book of Living and Dying
All of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, and however we choose to deal with it (or not), live with death. From time to time throughout our lives, death creeps close to each of us. But for those of us who keep stock, death is so much closer an acquaintance. And for those of … Continue reading
New Networks for Nature November event
Have a look at this event coming up from New Networks for Nature. NATURE MATTERS The fourth annual symposium by New Networks for Nature Stamford Arts Centre and Theatre, Stamford, Lincs Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th November 2012 Does nature matter? And if we agree that it does, then why, and how should we respond? … Continue reading
Uig journal,19 May 2012: Nell and the oystercatcher
It is now almost exactly two years since we moved from our croft in Lochbroom just across the Minch to the Isle of Lewis. For the first three months we camped out in an odd physical and psychological limbo, with all of our furniture, books and other personal things in storage while we waited for … Continue reading
Guest post: ‘Into the Wild’ in the chicken coop, by Tim Halpin
We are grateful to Tim Halpin for another of the rather unusual posts from his blog, Read by the River – subtitled ‘Book reviews on location’. Tim has a new take on book reviewing: ’I don’t read books just anywhere. The location has to be appropriate somehow. Maybe there’s an obvious connection between the setting of … Continue reading
