Tim Cresswell
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Poet. Geographer.
I am delighted to be reading my long form poem Fence (complete with slides from a journey to Svalbard). It is to raise money for Open Door - an important service for older people and dementia sufferers in Morningside. The eventbrite link is here
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FENCE: Multimedia Poetry Reading / Open Mic Poetry
Join us at The Open Door Edinburgh for FENCE, a visually stunning multimedia poetry reading by Tim Cresswell.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fence-multimedia-poetry-reading-open-mic-poetry-tickets-1991391837593
24 days ago
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New substack post - on bioregionalism and local theatre in Northern California.
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Making a Watershed Sing
Local Theatre and Bioregionalism in Northern California
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/making-a-watershed-sing?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 month ago
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a new substack post about living with water near Kyoto
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Returning to Satoyama: Harie-no-Sato
Living locally with water.
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/returning-to-satoyama-harie-no-sato?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 2 months ago
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Want to know about my new book - The Citizen and the Vagabond? Find out all about it on this podcast.
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Tim Cresswell, "The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility" (U Minnesota Press, 2026) - New Books in Geography - Podcast Episode - Podscan.fm
Listen to Tim Cresswell, "The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility" (U Minnesota Press, 2026) from New Books in Geography (36 min) • Published Apr 3, 2026
https://podscan.fm/podcasts/new-books-in-geography/episodes/tim-cresswell-the-citizen-and-the-vagabond-a-politics-of-mobility-u-minnesota-press-2028
3 months ago
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4 months ago
Out this week! -Late Theory, an engagement with Fredric Jameson, by Phillip E. Wegner -The Citizen and the Vagabond by
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-Deadly Refusals by Serra M. Hakyemez -Weather and the Whale: artworks and creative texts, companion to an exhibit at UCSC
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Back in my favorite SF coffee shop writing stuff…
3 months ago
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Early cherry blossoms in Kyoto
4 months ago
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Early cherry blossoms in Kyoto
4 months ago
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A final extract from The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility. From the final chapter on turbulence and Covid-19
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Citizens, Vagabonds, and Covid-19
Extract from final chapter of the The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/citizens-vagabonds-and-covid-19?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
4 months ago
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It has arrived!
5 months ago
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Two extracts from chapter two of the Citizen and the Vagabond - On routes and routing
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - Chapter Two Extracts - On Routes and Routing
Midway upon the journey of our life
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/the-citizen-and-the-vagabond-chapter?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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Two extracts from chapter one of my soon to be released book, The Citizen and the Vagabond.
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - extract from Chapter One
Thanks for reading Place Matters!
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/the-citizen-and-the-vagabond-extract?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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A taster of my new book - coming soon!
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - Introduction
My new book, The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility is winging its way to me from the University of Minnesota Press and will be officially published on March 17th.
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/the-citizen-and-the-vagabond-introduction?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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Exploring the super blocks and green corridors of Barcelona.
5 months ago
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Some thoughts of moving rocks.
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On the Place of Rocks
One of the most powerful ways that place works is as a form of categorization.
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/on-the-place-of-rocks?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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Taking advantage of a break in the rain on Mull
6 months ago
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Lemon Saboyon pine nut tart from French Laundry Cookbook. Worth the effort!
6 months ago
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In case anyone is in Edinburgh and loves eco poetry come and see the totally fabulous Karen Solie (and me) on November 22nd
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Takeover: The Shore Poets - Buy tickets
The Shore Poets are an informal but durable collective who have been providing a platform for poets since 1991. Each month, they showcase two poets alongside musicians, and of course, the night is alw...
https://www.citizenticket.com/events/push-the-boat-out/takeover-the-shore-poets/
8 months ago
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New substack post on social and spatial mobility
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Moving On, Moving Out, and Moving Up?: How Spatial Mobility Became a Stand-in for Success
Moving On, Moving Out, and Moving Up?: How Spatial Mobility Became a Stand-in for Success
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/moving-on-moving-out-and-moving-up?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
8 months ago
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New substack post connecting social and spatial mobility
8 months ago
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New substack post
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Belonging to Place
Indigenous Place-Thought, National Conservatism, and the Ethnostate Debate”
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/belonging-to-place?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
8 months ago
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Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.
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So honoured to join this list!
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12 months ago
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Colorado clouds
12 months ago
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12 months ago
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White King Bolete, Colorado
about 1 year ago
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Some thoughts on the use of "globalist"
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The World Turned Upside Down
Versions of Globalism
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/the-world-turned-upside-down?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 year ago
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New substack post. Searching for Satoyama in Kyoto
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Searching for the Local in Kyoto
Last month I spent some time in the area around Kyoto, Japan.
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/searching-for-the-local-in-kyoto?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 year ago
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A substack about Local (place-based) knowledge
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The Value of Local Knowledge
One of the ways that the value of place and the local have been highlighted in recent decades has been through the notion of place-based, or local, knowledge.
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/the-value-of-local-knowledge?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
over 1 year ago
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Christmas Eve on Calgary Beach
over 1 year ago
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Back in old stomping grounds. Aberystwyth at night.
over 1 year ago
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Enjoyed this!
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over 1 year ago
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Ketan Joshi
over 1 year ago
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
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When to see Laurie Anderson. United States V. What an inspiration!
over 1 year ago
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Some thoughts on the roles of routes and routing in the construction of kinetic hierarchies.
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On the Poetry and Politics of Routes and Routing
Midway upon the journey of our life
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/on-the-poetry-and-politics-of-routes?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
over 1 year ago
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Looking forward to a day of thinking about place!
over 1 year ago
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Some early words for a new book project on the idea of the local in different global contexts.
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Local - A Global Search for an Idea.
I am in the early stages of writing a book about the idea of the local and the associated agenda of localism. The book will be a mixture of travelogue, memoir, and thinking alongside others about what...
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/local-a-global-search-for-an-idea?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
over 1 year ago
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Abundance and houses. Problems with the Abundance Agenda
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The Abundance Agenda goes Trans-Atlantic
In an age of environmental crisis, war-ridden global hotspots, and massively corrosive inequality it is surely surprising that perhaps the best-known policies of both the new Labour government in the ...
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/the-abundance-agenda-goes-trans-atlantic?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
almost 2 years ago
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Geographic Thought, Second Edition, now in Korean!
almost 2 years ago
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I have a substack! Latest - some thoughts on speed and slowness.
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Speed, Slowness, and Values.
Speed is typically thought of as a measurement – unit of distance per unit of time.
https://open.substack.com/pub/timcresswell/p/speed-slowness-and-values?r=39mhml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
almost 2 years ago
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More chanterelles
almost 2 years ago
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Chanterelles
almost 2 years ago
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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾
almost 2 years ago
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Got mine…it looks great. Thanks for putting it together.
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almost 2 years ago
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This beauty has arrived. Can’t wait to dig in!
almost 2 years ago
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That time of the year
over 2 years ago
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Newly delivered. New chapters on More-than-Physical Geography, Postcolonial, Decolonial, and Anticolonial Geographies, and Black Geographies. Much else updated too.
over 2 years ago
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Yes. A startling place. Led to this. Scroll to bottom.
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over 2 years ago
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north: north of Svalbard in a boat South: Hobart, Tasmania East: Auckland West: Rialto Beach, Washington State. ( just west of Vancouver)
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