#55: How Shall we Live? with anthropologist and lineologist Tim Ingold

Send a love messageLife is not built by blocks but by lines woven together according to Tim Ingold, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Aberdeen and a leading thinker in anthropology and philosophy. Tim Ingold and Andrea Hiott explore key themes from Tim's influential works, such as 'Anthropology: Why It Matters' and 'Lines,' discussing how life is a continuous journey along interwoven threads and traces shaped by our every action. Building on Gibson, Deleuze,  Hallowell, Merleau-Ponty, and others, Ingold's idea of 'wayfaring' as our fundamental mode of being challenges traditional distinctions between nature and culture, mind and body, and forces us out of block-mind and into traces and threads of life interwoven. This enriching dialogue touches on the importance of awareness, attention, and responsibility, offering insights into how these ideas can help us navigate toward a world where love and respect for life are central. Whether it's through storytelling, music, or everyday actions, learn how our paths shape our humanity and influence the futures we create. This episode is an opportunity to reflect on how we should live together in a world full of possibility, a world we love enough to take responsibility for together.00:00 Introduction to Love and Philosophy00:05 Introducing Tim Ingold and His Work00:43 The Concept of Lines in Life01:43 Wayfaring and Life as a Process02:54 The Importance of Awareness and Responsibility04:18 Tim Ingold's Influences and Philosophical Approach10:28 Tim Ingold's Early Life and Inspirations17:26 Fieldwork and Anthropology25:16 Challenging Traditional Divisions in Science and Humanities32:07 The Evolution of Tim Ingold's Thought48:47 Revisiting Nature and Culture51:48 Anthropology as a Conversation54:46 The Anthropological Conversation56:12 Subject and Object in Anthropology57:58 The Middle Voice of the Verb59:39 Crafting and Teaching01:06:38 The Concept of Lines01:13:24 Embodiment and Attention01:27:42 The Future of Technology and Education01:39:52 Hope for the Futurehttps://www.timingold.com/Lines, the bookAnthropology, why it matters‘For we are made of lines. We are not only referring to lines of writing. Lines of writing conjugate with other lines, life lines, lines of luck or misfortune, lines productive of the variation of the line of writing itself, lines that are between the lines of writing.’— Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, A Thousand PlateausA great interview with Tim Ingold by Juan Loaiza for ENSO.Full intro and notes here.Care is not the opposite of love. It is the very urge of life. 'Caring for what?' is the primary question. That we have a choice about what we care for and how is what makes us human, but it's quite the challenge and responsibility. Let's help one another handle it.Support the showBuy Holding Paradox: The Navigational Approach to Mind and Consciousness by Andrea HiottSign up for Making Ways newsletter and projects.Please rate and review with love. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Substack.