Congress Special Part 2: Re-enchantment, Magic, Attention & Escaping Time

We follow on from last week's episode, in which Rosalind Holgate-Smith and Jon Mason explored re-enchantment through their dance and storytelling practices respectively.This episode brings you a recording of the conversation Rosalind and Jon had at the Congress on 10 January 2022. Answering questions from the Technecast's Felix Clutson and the audience, they talked about the role of magic, about attention, about reconnecting with the emotional impressions of place, and about escaping time.==========CONTRIBUTORSRosalind Holgate-Smith is a Dancer, Artist and Educator. She creates performances, installations and visual artwork that investigates intimate experiences between people, place and the environment. She holds a Masters in Dance Creative practice, a BA (hons) in Fine Art and Choreography, and is currently a techne PhD scholarship student, based at Kingston University, where she is investigating touch as an encounter with Otherness. https://rosalindholgate-smith.comJon Mason is a professional storyteller with a longstanding focus on the folklore and history of place, and the role of myth in humanity’s understanding of life. He has a BA Hons in History with Archaeology from the University of Wales, Bangor, and an MA in Contemporary History from the University of Sussex. He is currently undertaking a Techne-funded PhD at the University of Brighton entitled “Re-storying the city: applying urban perspectives to eco-storytelling.” He can be found at https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/jon-mason and https://jonthestoryteller.com/ and on Twitter @jonmase.Technecast is an academic podcast supported by the Techne AHRC-DTP, and run by Polly Hember, Julien Clin & Felix Clutson.Contact: [email protected] / @technecast==========EPISODE CREDITSConversation chaired by Felix ClutsonIntroduction and editing by Julien ClinRoyalty free music generously shared by Steve Oxen. FesliyanStudios.comPlease like, subscribe and share with your friends.Thanks for listening.