Folk This

Kathryn Roberts Parker and Ben Edge
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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.

Episodes

  1. Resilient Resonance

    02/18/2025

    Resilient Resonance

    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 Ingram About 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

    39 min
  2. Bonus - Folklore Rising

    11/29/2024

    Bonus - Folklore Rising

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

    37 min
  3. Standing Stones

    07/31/2024

    Standing Stones

    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.

    1h 3m
  4. Where Water Meets

    06/06/2024

    Where Water Meets

    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.

    54 min
  5. Future Ancestors

    03/26/2024

    Future Ancestors

    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.

    56 min
  6. Folk Connects Us

    02/23/2024

    Folk Connects Us

    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

  • 6 Episodes

About

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.

Information

  • Creator
    Kathryn Roberts Parker and Ben Edge
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kathryn Roberts Parker and Ben Edge
  • Show Website
    Folk This