A History of Emotions: An Teallach, North West Highlands

Monday, 13 April 2009

An Teallach, North West Highlands

This one is from Michael Aird and his transformedbylight landscapes. I was walking round here and the Ffisherfield forest (somewhat lacking in trees as a forest but a wonderful place) a few years ago and it's a stunning place.

(These photographs are a welcome breather from thinking up posting ideas... )

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: I love the beautiful scenic pictures you post - They remind me of how many places of beauty there are close to me, that i have still have to see.

I hope you are well Calum :); 18 April 2009 at 10:33
scot in exile said...: i am well, and glad to see you posting again!

where near you are you keen to visit?; 24 April 2009 at 11:42
Anonymous said...: Id like to visit Co. Cork as I haven’t been that far South yet.

My favourite place up North is a little village called 'Ballintoy'. I love to go there in the summer.

Here's a link to the homepage. If your ever over here, I recommend a visit :)

http://www.northantrim.com/ballintoy.htm; 24 April 2009 at 20:36
scot in exile said...: looks lovely round ballintoy, i don't think i've been up that way.

sadly it's been almost 30 years since i was in cork... we got our caravan stuck in the middle of hunger strike marches for bobby sands through the streets of the city...; 1 May 2009 at 12:17

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Blogging on the History of Emotions - an introduction

I started this blog back in about October 2008 to record and develop some thoughts on a subject that had become increasingly fascinating to me.

The History of Emotions is a growing field that spans several academic disciplines, notably history, anthropology and cognitive psychology. However, I think it's something that can be enormously interesting to the rest of us...

What is it? In essence, I guess it's the study of how we may have felt and acted emotionally in different societies across times and place.

For example, it is said that romantic love began around the 12th Century AD in southern France, when the troubadours created stories of unrequited love, sowing the seed for a flower that still blooms today. And yet it was not always so, time was when love did not have the form it does now.

This to me is a source of wonder. As a thousand other examples come forward, some in subtle forms, others as alien as something from another world, so we can be astonished by ourselves. All however are human and offer us food for thought on how to live on this planet.

Not being an academic but a journalist by trade, it's immediately obvious that what I write is not of an academic, peer reviewed standard. These are largely my thoughts and opinions on a haphazard trawl through something I find interesting.

Much of what I write is speculative questioning - so all contributions are most welcome. I'm keen to learn more about the field as well as receive wider opinions on what I write.

I have started including some interviews and rudimentary research on the site. The people in question have very kindly taken time to answer a few simple questions on the subject that may provide anyone who's interested with a basic understanding of the field.

Sometimes the more academic stuff out there assumes a lot for the lay reader to take in and some of the debates require so much clarification of what is an emotion, or what is acceptable as methodology and sourcing etc as to be quite hard work.

Hopefully this site doesn't do that, though as I've mentioned before it's a bit haphazard. Such is the nature of whim upon an interest.

The idea ultimately is to make a documentary (I work in TV mostly) about the subject, but there's so much to learn about first that I'm just taking it one step at a time.

The photos are just because I love the Highlands and Islands of Scotland which I try and visit when I can - hence the user name scot in exile. My thanks to the photographers who let me post their work up here. God knows my own is pretty ropey and doesn't do that amazing place justice.

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Monday, 13 April 2009

An Teallach, North West Highlands

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