Category: Landscape

• Landscapes of Identity: Ancestors

  A ragged sky greeted us this time change altered morning.  While days and, especially, nights remain well above climate norms, the extreme warmth of the past two months appears to be behind us.  After last weekends extreme storms, across the landscape autumn moves quietly towards winter, the trees stripped of leaves and each day’s temperatures…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 5, 2017

  Climate Change, First Nations, Landscape, Shamanism

  autumn, seasons, Shamanism, spirits

• Landscapes of Identity: Accessibility

  A soggy, warm, late fall day. Wind later? I’ve been thinking about accessibility as a contested aspect of landscape. Barriers that inhibit or limit access are inherent aspects of the landscape, and I know that if I go walking there will be areas I can’t navigate due to the mobility challenges I face. Although the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 29, 2017

  Disability, Landscape, Stories

  disability, identity, Landscape

• Landscapes of Identity, Part One

  This morning we are greeted by thick cloud; this following evening rain. Yesterday we experienced another record warm afternoon, an all too frequent event this long autumn. One of the side effects of this protracted warmth is the allergy season has been unusually severe. I’ve taken to wearing suspenders! Looking in the mirror this morning…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 25, 2017

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Landscape

  autumn, climate change, Ecopsychology, Landscape