In praise of Sŵn Festival as a cultural highlight of 2025. My review is less a critique of the music itself. Instead it is about the overall experience and what it offers for the live music ecosystem and cultural scene in Wales.

NationCymru@nation.cymru · 7mo ago

Cardiff’s weekend-long, affordable music festival based in venues around the city complements a UK scene often typified by expensive tickets that sell out in a nano second ✍️ Aled Singleton

📝New article! ✨Working with an advisory group to share power to shape intergenerational climate debate, challenge climate stereotypes & spark creativity - collage, walking, comic futures & a workshop dice-game 🎲Huge thanks to collaborators! 🙌 #ClimateResearch www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How can participatory geographical approaches offer alternative histories of post-war urban renewal in Britain? Aled Singleton (Cardiff University School of Geography and Planning) discusses in a new Geography Directions post 📝 Check it out here 👇https://ow.ly/Vi2c50XlBy8

What participatory geographers can contribute to studying urban renewal over the long term

By Aled Singleton, Cardiff University The use and form of towns and city centres change over time. In recent years high streets have lost department stores and other well-known names. Equally funda…

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A good article and some interesting research methods too

Attachment to our home town runs deep – so what happens when it faces dramatic change?

Places shape who we are. In Port Talbot, what happens when the steelworks go but the feelings remain?

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Thanks @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for a fab time last week - a full shop + loads of great questions with @annaminton.bsky.social. Also the Fourth World Congress of #Psychogeography in Swansea. Such fun! Cheers @soniaoverall.bsky.social @aledsingleton.bsky.social #WalkCreate #Books #VivaDerive

7/ In the last of the full-length articles in the section @aledsingleton.bsky.social , @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I explore the potential for participatory theatre to engage local communities in the long-term impact of mid-century urban re-design rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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This paper considers the potential for collaborations between geographers and theatre makers that focus on urban renewal histories. The article reflects critically on the methodological, ethical and ...

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Visualising Energy Supply Futures first workshop @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social @merrynthomas.bsky.social 💡 Learning about hydro-electric energy Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Many issues of supply not meeting demand. 🔗 Book for workshops July 2 & July 30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualisin...

Another good two day session at the Crwsibl Cymru. Lots of interesting people and different ideas to consider about our careers in research. We worked hard and played hard also.

Welsh Crucible@welshcrucible.bsky.social · last yr.

Circle time - exploring some insights into our collaboration styles with Danielle Snailham-Beck, organisational and staff development manager @cardiffuni.bsky.social #crucible25 #crwsiblcymru

Energy supply is a huge issue, but it's hard to grasp what could actually happen in Wales and who could own it? These free workshops use serious games and participatory mapping to visualise energy supply. The second workshop will link up with northern Pakistan. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualisin...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o died yesterday. His 1986 book Decolonising the Mind considered the deeper impact of suppressing languages, in this case African languages, and particularly the results of holding back written forms. Here is my review for Agoriad agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/6/f...

Workshops to reimagine energy supply systems on July 2 or July 30! Explore shared power ownership, future networks, and map connections between Wales & northern Pakistan. No expertise needed—just your ideas! Building on OPTIC project with @merrynthomas.bsky.social 👉https://tinyurl.com/tvatf3ha

🌍 The bilingual #Intergenerational #ClimateComic Activity Book is here! Co-created with and for schools, care homes & communities in South Wales 🖍️ Packed with creative activities + free templates (incl. large format) 🎨 Illustrated by @laurasorvala.bsky.social 👉 free download www.climatecomic.co.uk

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After @welshcrucible.bsky.social Lab 1, I feel a clearer need for geographical research with a keen eye for the social and economic. There is a mission to help to explore renewable energy generation, how it is transmitted, and the dimensions of storage and end use. We have huge potential in Wales.

Vote for Greening Maindee Gateway Garden in RHS People's Choice Award. The result of many years of community action and belief in nature and people. This garden will be rebuilt and planted on Wharf Rd in Newport. Winning the award will help other initiatives to follow. www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events...

Very pleased to be part of the Welsh Crucible group of 30 people. Some highly varied research interests. We have tried out some interesting techniques and learned a lot about how to present our interests and what we can offer. Tomorrow we shape things a bit more #crucible25 #crwsiblcymru

Welsh Crucible@welshcrucible.bsky.social · last yr.

And we're off! Prof Jon Gillard is welcoming our newest Cruciblees to Cardiff and the Crucible family #crucible25 #crwsiblcymru

New open access article in GeoHumanities "Using walking approaches and site-specific performance to reveal layers of feeling attached to place" This aims to meet the desire for dynamic and multi-dimensional aspects of studying feelings attached to places. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....