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Papers by Tim Edensor

Research paper thumbnail of Walking in the British Countryside: Reflexivity, Embodied Practices and Ways to Escape

SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks, May 15, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The potent urban prehistory of an ancient megalith: the Kempock Stone, Gourock, Scotland

International Journal of Heritage Studies, Feb 1, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Mending the Cross: Landscapes of Repair and Maintenance

Research paper thumbnail of Concluding Comments

Routledge eBooks, Apr 27, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Lights, City, Action…

SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks, Mar 8, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Illuminating identity: The capacity of light festivalsto enhanceplace?

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Apr 22, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Creativity, Labour and Captain Cook’s Cottage: From Great Ayton to Fitzroy Gardens

This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces... more This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces of the skilled labour through which it was creatively fashioned, though this may have been carried out long ago and far away. In looking at a controversial, contested heritage attraction in Melbourne, Cook’s Cottage, Edensor explores how it materially embodies a relational expression of creativity, one that has been distributed across continents and eras, but as with other elements of the built environment, a labour that is integral to the ongoing emergence of the city.

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Hampstead’s Pergola: walking and image-making at a spectacular Edwardian structure

Landscape Research, Nov 7, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Heritage assemblages, maintenance and futures: Stories of entanglement on Hampstead Heath, London

Journal of Historical Geography, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Revaluing the Cross: Its Incorporation into the Heritage Landscape

Research paper thumbnail of The Future of the Cross: Continued Absence, Replicas or Something Else?

Research paper thumbnail of Relocating the Cross: Re-enrolment into a Christian Landscape

Research paper thumbnail of Scholarly Interpretations of the Barochan Cross: Religious and Military Landscapes

Research paper thumbnail of Dark designs

Routledge eBooks, Mar 22, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Making Sense of Landscape

Landscape, Materiality and Heritage, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Revisiting the Dark:Diverse Encounters and Experiences

Routledge, Oct 29, 2020

In this concluding chapter, we will bring together the theoretical frameworks, methodological app... more In this concluding chapter, we will bring together the theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches and empirical work in order to explain their implications for this emerging multi- and inter-disciplinary subject. The chapter will discuss the variations of darkness and light that co-exist and the different histories, geographies, creative engagements and cultural practices that are informing a multitude of different experiences and representations of darkness. This chapter will also contribute to a better understanding of how artistic and other creative practices can enrich academic theories through fresh perspectives and provide valuable critical accounts for inter-disciplinary research. Further, it will respond to some of the innovative professional approaches included within the book to identify new ways in which we might design with and for darkness, a significantly overlooked field at present. In doing so, this chapter will provide an authoritative account of how and why embracing its potential and developing a much more nuanced and critical understanding of the situated and plural nature of darkness is key to addressing key creative and social issues. Finally, this chapter will conclude by reaffirming the collection’s contribution to knowledge and outlining future research that might be undertaken in the wider context of environmental challenges

Research paper thumbnail of Creativity, Labour and Captain Cook’s Cottage: From Great Ayton to Fitzroy Gardens

Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts, 2019

This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces... more This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces of the skilled labour through which it was creatively fashioned, though this may have been carried out long ago and far away. In looking at a controversial, contested heritage attraction in Melbourne, Cook’s Cottage, Edensor explores how it materially embodies a relational expression of creativity, one that has been distributed across continents and eras, but as with other elements of the built environment, a labour that is integral to the ongoing emergence of the city.

Research paper thumbnail of From the Lighthouse: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Light

From the Lighthouse: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Light, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of The masculinisation of Stirling's heritage

Tourism: a gender …, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of The affective and sensory potencies of urban stone: Textures and colours, commemoration and geologic convivialities

Thesis Eleven

In drawing out how human lives are always already inextricably entangled with the non-human eleme... more In drawing out how human lives are always already inextricably entangled with the non-human elements of the world, this paper explores how stone, as a constituent of urban materiality, provokes a wealth of emotional, sensory and affective impacts in the experience of place. The paper discusses how the sonic, tactile and visual qualities of stone contribute to the sensory and affective experience of places, shape the symbolic meanings and affective impacts of diverse memorials, and trigger a powerful sense of geological conviviality.

Research paper thumbnail of Walking in the British Countryside: Reflexivity, Embodied Practices and Ways to Escape

SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks, May 15, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The potent urban prehistory of an ancient megalith: the Kempock Stone, Gourock, Scotland

International Journal of Heritage Studies, Feb 1, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Mending the Cross: Landscapes of Repair and Maintenance

Research paper thumbnail of Concluding Comments

Routledge eBooks, Apr 27, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Lights, City, Action…

SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks, Mar 8, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Illuminating identity: The capacity of light festivalsto enhanceplace?

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Apr 22, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Creativity, Labour and Captain Cook’s Cottage: From Great Ayton to Fitzroy Gardens

This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces... more This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces of the skilled labour through which it was creatively fashioned, though this may have been carried out long ago and far away. In looking at a controversial, contested heritage attraction in Melbourne, Cook’s Cottage, Edensor explores how it materially embodies a relational expression of creativity, one that has been distributed across continents and eras, but as with other elements of the built environment, a labour that is integral to the ongoing emergence of the city.

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Hampstead’s Pergola: walking and image-making at a spectacular Edwardian structure

Landscape Research, Nov 7, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Heritage assemblages, maintenance and futures: Stories of entanglement on Hampstead Heath, London

Journal of Historical Geography, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Revaluing the Cross: Its Incorporation into the Heritage Landscape

Research paper thumbnail of The Future of the Cross: Continued Absence, Replicas or Something Else?

Research paper thumbnail of Relocating the Cross: Re-enrolment into a Christian Landscape

Research paper thumbnail of Scholarly Interpretations of the Barochan Cross: Religious and Military Landscapes

Research paper thumbnail of Dark designs

Routledge eBooks, Mar 22, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Making Sense of Landscape

Landscape, Materiality and Heritage, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Revisiting the Dark:Diverse Encounters and Experiences

Routledge, Oct 29, 2020

In this concluding chapter, we will bring together the theoretical frameworks, methodological app... more In this concluding chapter, we will bring together the theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches and empirical work in order to explain their implications for this emerging multi- and inter-disciplinary subject. The chapter will discuss the variations of darkness and light that co-exist and the different histories, geographies, creative engagements and cultural practices that are informing a multitude of different experiences and representations of darkness. This chapter will also contribute to a better understanding of how artistic and other creative practices can enrich academic theories through fresh perspectives and provide valuable critical accounts for inter-disciplinary research. Further, it will respond to some of the innovative professional approaches included within the book to identify new ways in which we might design with and for darkness, a significantly overlooked field at present. In doing so, this chapter will provide an authoritative account of how and why embracing its potential and developing a much more nuanced and critical understanding of the situated and plural nature of darkness is key to addressing key creative and social issues. Finally, this chapter will conclude by reaffirming the collection’s contribution to knowledge and outlining future research that might be undertaken in the wider context of environmental challenges

Research paper thumbnail of Creativity, Labour and Captain Cook’s Cottage: From Great Ayton to Fitzroy Gardens

Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts, 2019

This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces... more This chapter seeks to exemplify how the material constitution of the city frequently bears traces of the skilled labour through which it was creatively fashioned, though this may have been carried out long ago and far away. In looking at a controversial, contested heritage attraction in Melbourne, Cook’s Cottage, Edensor explores how it materially embodies a relational expression of creativity, one that has been distributed across continents and eras, but as with other elements of the built environment, a labour that is integral to the ongoing emergence of the city.

Research paper thumbnail of From the Lighthouse: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Light

From the Lighthouse: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Light, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of The masculinisation of Stirling's heritage

Tourism: a gender …, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of The affective and sensory potencies of urban stone: Textures and colours, commemoration and geologic convivialities

Thesis Eleven

In drawing out how human lives are always already inextricably entangled with the non-human eleme... more In drawing out how human lives are always already inextricably entangled with the non-human elements of the world, this paper explores how stone, as a constituent of urban materiality, provokes a wealth of emotional, sensory and affective impacts in the experience of place. The paper discusses how the sonic, tactile and visual qualities of stone contribute to the sensory and affective experience of places, shape the symbolic meanings and affective impacts of diverse memorials, and trigger a powerful sense of geological conviviality.

Research paper thumbnail of Rhythmanalysing Marathon Running

article in Environment and Planning A

Edensor, T and Larsen, J (2018)Rhythmanalysing marathon running: 'A drama of rhythms'. Environmen... more Edensor, T and Larsen, J (2018)Rhythmanalysing marathon running: 'A drama of rhythms'. Environment and Planning A, 50 (3). pp. 730-746. ISSN 0308-518X Downloaded from: http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/620714/ Publisher: SAGE Publications ABSTRACT This paper draws on Lefebvre's rhythmanalysis (2004) to investigate the multiple rhythms of the Berlin Marathon, exemplifying and expanding understandings about the rhythms of places

Research paper thumbnail of Spaces of Vernacular Creativity: Rethinking the Cultural Economy

Creativity has become part of the language of regeneration experts, urban planners and government... more Creativity has become part of the language of regeneration experts, urban planners and government policy makers attempting to revive the economic and cultural life of cities in the 21st century. Concepts such as the creative class, the creative industries and bohemian cultural clusters have come to dominate thinking about how creativity can contribute to urban renewal. Spaces of Vernacular Creativity offers a critical perspective on the instrumental use of arts and creative practices for the purposes of urban regeneration or civic boosterism.

Several important contributions are brought into one volume to examine the geography of locally embedded forms of arts and creative practice. There has been an explosion of interest in both academic and policy circles in the notion of creativity, and its role in economic development and urban regeneration. This book argues for a rethinking of what constitutes creativity, foregrounding non-economic values and practices, and the often marginal and everyday spaces in which creativity takes shape. Drawing on a range of geographic contexts including the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia, the book explores a diverse array of creative practices ranging from art, music, and design to community gardening and anticapitalist resistance. The book examines working class, ethnic and non-elite forms of creativity, and a variety of creative spaces, including rural areas, suburbs and abandoned areas of the city. The authors argue for a broader and more inclusive conception of what constitutes creative practice, advocating for an approach that foregrounds economies of generosity, conviviality and activism. The book also explores the complexities and nuances that connect the local and the global and finally, the book provides a space for valuing alternative, marginal and displaced knowledges.

Spaces of Vernacular Creativity provides an important contribution to the debates on the creative class and on the role of value of creative knowledge and skills. The book aims to contribute to contemporary academic debates regarding the development of post-industrial economies and the cognitive cultural economy. It will appeal to a wide range of disciplines including, geography, applied art, planning, cultural studies, sociology and urban studies, plus specialised programmes on creativity and cultural industries at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels.