Entanglements - Chris Gibson + Andrew Warren - The Guitar

08/08/21 • 67 min

Guitars are now the world’s most popular musical instrument and an aficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favourite instrument was made, the wood that it’s made from, and how that wood affects the sound of the instrument.

So what happens when two human geographers decide to follow that fascination around the globe and trace guitars all the way back to the tree?

In this Entanglements lecture series recorded live at the Wollongong Art Gallery, Professor Chris Gibson and Dr Andrew Warren from ACCESS at UOW talk about their 6 year research quest to follow the instrument from the forests, timber mills, to the factories where guitars are made and how they discovered a story of highly skilled guitar makers set against a backdrop of natural resource exploitation and conservation.

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So what happens when two human geographers decide to follow that fascination around the globe and trace guitars all the way back to the tree?

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Geographers declare (a climate emergency)?

In this special episode recorded live at the Geographers Declare Symposium, hosted by UOW’s ACCESS and the Geographical Society of NSW, Geographers from around Australia gathered to discuss how they would or should declare a ‘Climate Emergency’.

The longevity and severity of the bushfires along Australia’s east coast this Summer prompted many local governments, industries, organisations, peak bodies and academics to declare a climate emergency and pledged to reduce their own emissions.

Climate scientists, engineers, architects, planners, medical professionals, lawyers, religious groups, small business and the arts have already declared, but not yet Geographers.

This symposium brought together a panel of experts from around Australia to discuss how Geographers, who habitually research and teach about climate change, social and environmental justice, should best declare a ‘Climate Emergency’.

Speakers include:

Carrie Wilkinson PhD Candidate with University of Wollongong's, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, Dr Susannah Clement an early career feminist geographer, Professor Pauline McGuirk Director of University of Wollongong ACCESS (Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space), Rosie Goslett-King Coordinator of the Women Rangers Environmental Network (WREN) at World Wildlife Fund, Professor Richie Howitt at Macquarie University, Tim Wall UOW Geography honours student, Associate Professor Lauren Rickards at RMIT University, Associate Professor Fiona Miller at Macquarie University, Madeleine Bretag Geography teacher at Trangie Central School and Dr Blanche Verlie a postdoctoral fellow at the Sydney Environment Institute.

Produced by: Jennifer Macey

Music by: Kevin Brand, Blue Dot Sessions

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Entanglements - Jenny Atchison - Urban Trees

Melbourne City Council assigned email addresses to the 70 000 urban trees living in the city so that the public could email the council any maintenance concerns abou th tetrees. But to the surprise of council workers the emails the trees received were surprisingly personal and even affectionate, with people expressing their gratitude and love for their local trees.

In this latest Entanglements lecture, Dr Jenny Atchison a geographer with ACCESS has been part of a unique research project with social sciences and arts researchers at Melbourne Uni and the City of Melbourne. The project involved reading the emails and studying the data to consider how people living in Melbourne feel about the trees. But importantly, the project is also looking at how the city's urban forest can be made more resilient in the face of climate change and an ageing tree population.

This episode was recorded live at the Wollongong Art Gallery on June 3, 2021.

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