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Hello and welcome to Folk This, a podcast about sustainability and traditional cultures. Join us each month as we meet people around the world who are focused on connecting with and preserving the natural world in their folk practice.

Kathryn Roberts Parker and Ben Edge


    • Feb 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 6h 8m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    Resilient Resonance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 38:31


    Acknowledgements:Talaandig Indigenous community of Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines Datu Salakop Rodelio “Waway” Linsahay Saway Irene Linsahay Saway Llesis Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney Doctoral research supervisor: Dr Catherine IngramAbout the music played at the end of this episode:Title: "Sinla, Sinla" (Talaandig folk song meaning "to shine") Artists: Waway Saway and Balugto Necosia Album: Sinla

    Bonus - Folkore Rising

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 36:44


    Hear about the amazing new book by Ben Edge, Folklore Rising. The tales, the paintings, the world of British Folk

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    Standing Stones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 63:02


    Head with us on a journey to Orkney in this fireside chat with Tom Muir, a local archaeologist and folklorist who shares his amazing knowledge of the isles and their stories that have endured over millennia.

    Where Water Meets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 54:00


    Join us in episode 3 for a chat about the nature of folk music, science communication and conservation with Emily Sheppard and Yyan Ng from the Tasmanian arts collective, Where Water Meets.

    Future Ancestors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 56:07


    In this episode we chat with Gabriel George of the Tsleilwaututh nation in North Vancouver, Canada. Gabriel shares the history of the language of the Tsleilwaututh nation as well as some stories and songs that connect them to the land.

    Folk Connects Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 1960:00


    Hello and welcome to Folk This, a podcast about sustainability and traditional cultures. In this first episode meet the hosts, Dr Kathryn Roberts Parker and Ben Edge as they chat about how they became involved in folk culture, how that has shaped their research and creative work, and how folk practices connect us to the natural world.Things cited in this episode: The Burry Man song by Ben Edge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EmG8zKqhVU&t=0s

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