Transnatural Perspectives Podcast

Natalia Ruiz de Cortázar Gracia is a Psychologist and a pioneer in the establishing of Outdoor Therapy in Spain. Natalia is the Director of Asociacion Experientia, the premier provider of outdoor psychotherapy for individuals and families in Spain. Asociacion Experientia also hosts the International Wilderness Therapy training program each year. Natalia shares her journey of becom

What is Friluftsliv? Where does Friluftsliv intersect with sustainability, health, tourism and more? And, what does the Furture of Friluftsliv look like? The Nordic Master in Frilufstliv Studies program (NORFRI) may hold some of these answers...and surely it all makes for an interesting conversation. In this episode we've gathered 3 students of the NORFRI program to discuss all the

Today we begin our series on ‘The Nature of Sound’. In this series we’ll be talking with people who are working at the intersection of sounds and the natural environment. Who better to start that with than globetrotting. multi-instrumentalist Joshua Sam Miller? Joshua is a world recording artist, composer and producer on a mission to connect people to the natural world t

Whitney Washington is an Adventure Filmmaker, Storyteller and Long Distance Cyclist. I first came across Whitney’s work via Instagram in the summer of 2021. I along with many others watched for months as Whitney traveled by bike across the United States. Via social media, Whitney weaves followers an inspirational narrative tale of self-exploration while refurbishing a childhood b

In this episode we discuss the impact of digital mobile technology on Outdoor Education with Cultural Anthropologist Imre van Kraalingen. Imre's PhD research, via the Department of Teacher Education and Outdoor Life Studies (Friluftsliv) at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, aims to develop accounts of how mobile technologies form a part of contemporary teaching and learning

This episode was originally released a year ago, but due to technical difficulties has only resurfaced now! Wilson Cheung Wai Yin is the founder and director of Polar Research and Expedition Consultancy as well he is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), a Member of The Explorers Club and on the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Humanities & Social Sciences Ex

Karl Nesbitt has spent his career working in Parks and Recreation management in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Karl serves on the World Urban Parks Cemeteries committee and he has lead a number of initiative to transition cemeteries into recreational spaces, particularly in rural communities, whilst collaborating with the indigenous Maori community and other religious and cultural groups

Graham Ellis-Smith has provided services in a range of areas concerning Aboriginal people, culture and economic development for over 25 years. Graham's work has focused on employment and enterprise development, intercultural and environmental education (2 Way), access to and management of land; and culturally aligned and appropriate healing processes for physical, mental and emotio

Live from THE PARK! Big thanks to everyone for tuning in, listening up and speaking out during this first season of the Transnatural Perspectives Podcast. The journey has just begun but I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past season. It's be great and it's also been a ton of work behind the scenes (and maybe on our brains too!) and some critical distance is in order to rec

In this new episode we hear from Artist and Researcher Ernie Roby-Tomic  in the wake of his recently released, online exhibition *Exposing Coal  Seams and Appalachian Fatalism with Digital Apparatuses* published in  the (online) Nordic Journal for Artistic Research. Ernie Roby-Tomic is a  multimedia artist and researcher who uses, among many mediums and  me