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Oppression of Euro-Animism

Animism is among the most denigrated cultural expressions. Rune examines the many ways Animism has been dismissed, parodied, and misunderstood.

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  • Storks

    19:25
    Storks are common symbols of spring, fertility, and good things to come. But the stork holds so much more meaning for southern Scandinavia... omens good and bad, interspecies transformation, and transporting souls is just the beginning of what these sacred birds mean to a Danish landscape.https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • The Indigenous Call

    15:04
    Rune discusses how colonisation abstracts both indigenous (those minority cultures who are under continued attack by coloniser culture) and majority populations from indigenous knowledge forms, and what we can do to ameliorate this legacy. https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • Indigenous Memory

    53:34
    Rune talks with Dr. Lynne Kelly. Dr. Kelly is an Adjunct Research Fellow at LaTrobe University, Australia. Her ongoing field of research is the memory methods used by those who depended on their memories for everything they knew: oral cultures including Australian Aboriginal, Native American, Pacific and African societies. This interview is a must listen for those interested in cultural memory. Find more details about Dr. Kelly's writings, research, and projects at: https://www.lynnekelly.com.au https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • Can Monarchy Be Animist?

    21:06
    In the light of the recent abdication in Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, Rune addresses the question 'can Monarchy be animist'?https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • Should 'White People' Reject Or Assume Whiteness?

    07:25
    Baldwin suggested people should reject their 'whiteness'. The foundations of the concept of 'race' urges 'white people' to assume their 'whiteness'. Rune addresses this question, drawing on the concept of 'right story' to find a way though the mire. https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • Decolonial Metal

    54:07
    Rune interviews Mark Andrew LeVine. Dr LeVine is a professor of history with the University of California, Irvine. Find more of Dr LeVine's work at https://kakuma-sound.org/ Dr LeVine mentions the debt Blues owes to Muslim musical traditions, and discusses this more in his book: Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam. https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • The Next Aun Year

    15:18
    Rune discusses the Aun myth, how it manifested in 2023, and projects forwards to the next Aun year, 2031.https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • How Can Settlers Connect With The Land?

    11:33
    Tradition is a path, but far from the only path, to connect with the land one finds oneself in. Rune discusses ways to connect with the land. https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/
  • Performing the Edda with Kersti Ståbi

    50:03
    In 2014 Kersti Ståbi began a series of concerts with the Voluspa and the Poetic Edda in its original Old Norse. Her work is inspired by the Manas tradition of Kirgiztan, Pandvani singing from India, and Pansori from Korea. Rune and the Nordic Animism Podcast wish you a very Happy New Year, and we want to thank you for listening, sharing, and relating with us and Nordic Animism. Let us all work together to foster healthy relationships between all human and non-human persons into 2024 and beyond!https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismCheck out this beautiful t-shirt design by Ludvig Levin: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/11-t-shirts--sweatshirts/53-aun-tshirt/Follow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/