Tag: Landscape

• 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

• How to Love the World?

  

  Today dawned sunny, with a subtly milky tone, there being just a hint of haze in the otherwise high sky. I suspect the air quality remains poor this morning, a condition that is problematic for me. Like many who were in the iron lung, my ability to manage allergies and other bronchial concerns is compromised;…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 26, 2016

  Arts, Disability, Ecopsychology, Sacred Lands

  Arts, disability, Ecopsychology, Landscape, Virtual Reality

• The Soul of Country

  

  “….Country is figured as infant. Country is starving without care. Country can only remain fertile, productive if in fact it is looked after, tended to, fed, properly. And that means work. Ritual, ceremony, what Warlpiri call in English ‘business’, is a labour of lifetime attachment. Ancestors are dependent on humans for the making and keeping…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 13, 2016

  Sacred Lands, Shamanism

  Aboriginal art, Australia, Jennifer Biddle, Landscape, Shamanism, soul