Response-Able: Ecological Psychology, Wayfinding, and Multi-Species Life. A catch-up with Carl Woods.

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The episode features a discussion with Dr. Carl Woods on ecological psychology and its implications for responsible living amidst ecological challenges.

Show Notes In this rich, wandering catch-up with with Dr. Carl Woods we explore how an ecological approach to psychology, sport, and everyday life might help us live more responsibly in a time of ecological collapse. Drawing on two of Carl’s recent papers – a commentary on wayfinding (in conversation with Harry Heft and Gibsonian ecological psychology) and “Responsibility in a Time of Ecological Collapse” – we unpack what it means to pay attention, to be “response-able,” and to re‑situate ...

People in this episode

Host: Marianne Davies

Guest: Dr. Carl Woods

Topics covered

• ecological psychology
• wayfinding
• multi-species life
• responsibility
• ecological collapse

Keywords

• ecological psychology
• wayfinding
• responsibility
• ecological collapse
• multi-species life

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Responsibility in a Time of Ecological Collapse, wayfinding

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