Wandering Man

Martin Locock
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How can we catch the essence of a place? Psychogeographers would say by walking around, soaking up the fragments of stories and facts, the moods and meditations they occasion. In this podcast poet Martin Locock explores parts of Wales, weaving together archaeology, history and the experience of urban spaces. He also ponders on the validity of psychogeography as a method,

Episodes

  1. 04/10/2022

    Fairyland, Neath, and St Ciwg's church

    Discusses Philip Larkin's poem Church Going.

    32 min

  2. 08/19/2020

    Episode 5: Wern Ddu and the aesthetics of neglect

    A discussion of what we find appealing about landscapes, the allure of decay, and the sense of being at the end of something.  I draw parallels with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings to highlight the deep history we can sense in what we see.

    27 min

  3. 03/26/2020

    Coal, drovers and common land

    A quarantine exercise walk around the common of Gwaun Cae Gurwen and a discussion of medieval transhumance, drovers, miners, strikes, Churchill and what happens to mining village after the mines close.  With a reading of my poem 'Dark prism' that covers this ground.

    27 min

  4. 01/09/2020

    Carmarthen Tawelan

    A countryside ramble with talk about medieval leprosy, holloways, hedgerow dating, archaeology on construction sites, what Detectorists gets wrong about commercial archaeology, and how housing shortages got us where we are today.

    1h 5m

  5. 10/23/2019

    Episode 2: West Carmarthen

    A semi-rural walk along a new link road, and a discussion of Guy Debord's definition of Psychogeography, and how it has been adapted by Ian Sinclair and others.  Finally I talk about my background as a landscape archaeologist and how it influences the way I respond to the built environment.

    31 min

  6. 10/04/2019

    Swansea Docks

    A brief walk around Swansea Docks leads to a discussion of how we filter our environment, what happens to post-industrial places, and the meaning of Catherine Zeta Jones' middle name.

    8 min
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About

How can we catch the essence of a place? Psychogeographers would say by walking around, soaking up the fragments of stories and facts, the moods and meditations they occasion. In this podcast poet Martin Locock explores parts of Wales, weaving together archaeology, history and the experience of urban spaces. He also ponders on the validity of psychogeography as a method,

Information

  • Creator
    Martin Locock
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Martin Locock
  • Show Website
    Wandering Man