October Virtual Conversation: Geopoetics – Expressing the Fundamental Geology Wednesday 2 October at 6.30 pm
Book now for the Online Talk Geopoetics – Expressing the Fundamental Geology this Wednesday 2 October at https://bit.ly/Geology_and_Geopoetics! This talk by Prof Patrick Corbett and poetry reading by Dr Alyson Hallett is a joint session of the Scottish Geology Trust and the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics as part of the Scottish Geology Festival. The presenters recently attended the Geological Society’s Earth’s Canvas Conference in September 2024 and they will share their experiences of that event.
Patrick will present the geological foundations for geopoetics, the starting point in any place, as expressed in the writings of the poet-philosopher Kenneth White, who founded the International Institute of Geopoetics in France in 1989. Alyson will read poetry to include poems drawn from her collection from a residency in Heriot-Watt/BGS Tilted Ground and talk about her recent project in the Geology Department at the University of Bristol. The background geology to a place, whether the landscape, building materials or past/present industrial sites, gives inspiration to poets and stirs the imagination of geologists.
