East of Moon Transmissions

Atli Freyr Hjaltason is a folklorist and ethnologist who is deeply embedded in the folk dancing community in Iceland—and beyond. Atli shared with us his perspective on communities built around traditional cultural activities, the challenges they face, and what lessons other types of communities might be able to learn from them.

You can follow the Folk Dance Association of Reykjavík on Facebook—look out for their Sagnavaka events for an easy and fun way to try out Icelandic folk dancing.

This episode was recorded in East of Moon's home, hafnar.haus.
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Alec Shaw is a cognitive neuroscientist and linguist, currently completing his phD from the University of Zürich. But he is also a member of Andrými, a radical social space and associated community in downtown Reykjavík. In this honest and genuine conversation, Alec reflects on the challenges communities can face, and how success feels like community joy.

craic
noun [ U ] Irish English
/kræk/
enjoyable time spent with other people, especially when the conversation is entertaining and funny

This episode was recorded in East of Moon's home, hafnar.haus.
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Ægir Sindri Bjarnason is a musician and sound engineer, who runs a rehearsal and venue space in the basement of a domestic house in downtown Reykjavík. Named 'R6013' after the old license plate he and his brothers nailed to the door when they were teenagers, the space has become an important home for experimentation in the music scene in Iceland.

Want to go to an R6013 gig? Follow them on Facebook or Instagram.

Want to support Ægir's work to maintain a grassroots music space in Reykjavík? You can do so via his Patreon.

This episode was recorded in East of Moon's home, hafnar.haus.
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It's the final episode of the first season of Fellow Travellers, and there's no better way to end it than by asking the ultimate questions: what is East of Moon?

Josie Anne and Arnar Sigurðsson get together to hash it out, and in the process explore the value of community, the difference between countryside and urban cultural activity, and how it works to bridge the gap.

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This episode was recorded in East of Moon's home, hafnar.haus.
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Christopher Marcatili is a creative writer, editor and anthropologist who has just spent a year in Iceland conducting research as part of his phd thesis. He joined East of Moon in the studio to discuss creative spaces, the value of research, and how alternative methods of exploring cultural environments and communities can impact results.
You can find out more about Christopher here: https://www.christophermarcatili.com/about

This episode was recorded in East of Moon's home, hafnar.haus.
Find us at eastofmoon.com or reach out to [email protected].