Tim Edensor's guest appearances

Tim Edensor

Conversations in Anthropology

Thales' Well

Graham Harman

Heidi Matthews

Rick Smith

Philip Goff

Stephen Mumford

Rosalind Fredericks

Catherine Besteman

Edmund Burke

Raymond Tallis

Cormac McCarthy

David Lewis

David Wright

Kathleen Belew

Keith Kahn-Harris

David Webb

OwlTail

I had a fascinating discussion with Tim Edensor this week on the geography and politics of light. Tim has a brilliant talent for making us think  differently about something we take for granted. During our chat we talked about our changing perceptions of light, the politics of light, the aesthetic appreciation of light, and how one's willingness to decorate your house at Christmas might be a key factor in the Brexit vote. Most importantly we talked about Tim's great affection for  the Blackpool Illuminations.  Tim is a Reader in Cultural Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. He researches geographies of tourism, national identity, industrial ruins. and urban materiality. Tim is the author of From Light to Dark: Daylight, Illumination and Gloom (University of Minnesota Press, 2017). You can find out more about Tim here.  You can listen to more free back content from the Thales' Well podcast on TuneIn Radio, Player Fm, Stitcher and Podbean. You can also download their apps to your smart phone and listen via there. You can also subscribe for free on iTunes. Please leave a nice review. You can follow me on Twitter: @drphilocity

I had a fascinating discussion with Tim Edensor this week on the geography and politics of light. Tim has a brilliant talent for making us think  differently about something we take for granted. During our chat we talked about our changing perceptions of light, the politics of light, the aesthetic appreciation of light, and how one's willingness to decorate your house at Christmas might be a key factor in the Brexit vote. Most importantly we talked about Tim's great affection for  the Blackpool Illuminations.  Tim is a Reader in Cultural Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. He researches geographies of tourism, national identity, industrial ruins. and urban materiality. Tim is the author of From Light to Dark: Daylight, Illumination and Gloom (University of Minnesota Press, 2017). You can find out more about Tim <a href="https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/sste/staff/profile/index.php?id=2467" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  You can listen to more free back content from the Thales' Well podcast on <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosophy-Podcasts/Thales-Well-p1128420/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TuneIn Radio</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/thales-well-2367785" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Player Fm</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thales-well" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> and <a href="https://thaleswell.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podbean</a>. You can also download their apps to your smart phone and listen via there. You can also subscribe for free on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thales-well/id1392680182?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. Please leave a nice review. You can follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/drphilocity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@drphilocity</a>

On the Geography and Politics of Light with Tim Edensor

What does attention to light reveal about the workings of power? What can anthropologists learn from cultural geography? In the fifth Anthropology@Deakin podcast, David Giles (Deakin University) and guest Melinda Hinkson (Deakin University) discuss illumination and space with Tim Edensor (RMIT/Manchester Metropolitan University). Tim is the author of Tourists at the Taj, National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life, and Industrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics and Materiality, and From Light to Dark: Daylight, Illumination and Gloom, as well as the editor of Geographies of Rhythm: Nature, Place, Mobilities and Bodies. He has written extensively on national identity, tourism, ruins and urban materiality, mobilities and landscapes of illumination and darkness.

Episode #5: Tim Edensor