Does the City of Salzburg have rhythm? Or rhythms, plural? How do we access it? Or them? In EPISODE FIFTEEN we explore the concept of rhythmanalysis with Dr. Reena Tiwari and examine how communities can better imagine the geographies in which they live by unpacking the rhythms that make up those spaces. The Salzburg Rhythmanalysis Project is officially announced and citizen-rhythmanalysts are called to participate.
In EPISODE FOURTEEN we look at how Alpine folk culture has made it into global popular culture on the back of the Krampus. In a conversation with local cultural historian Christoph Schwaiger we look at both the Krampus of yesteryear and the one you might catch “running” the streets now during St. Nicholas celebrations in central Europe. This is a look at the many geographies produced by an anthropomorphic goat-man.
In EPISODE THIRTEEN we join Bärbel Hartje of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts to investigate the connections between theoretical framing, the cityscape and walking. We discuss the evolution of the Summer Academy’s Exploring Salzburgprogram and how the ever-popular City Walks introduce participants from around the world to some of the structures of the City of Salzburg.
Celebrating a year of radio-making from inside the incubator of Studio B at Radio Fabrik, in EPISODE TWELVE we discuss with Program Coordinator Eva Schmidhuber the historical geography of this collectively-owned community radio station in Salzburg. We review the first season of episodes and plan ahead as Geographical Imaginations grows wings.
The Untersberg Mountain dominates the landscape visible to the south of the City of Salzburg and captures the popular geographical imagination through the legends and myths surrounding it. Come walk up and around this sacred mountain and explore its cultural geographies with Dr. Veronica della Dora, Rainer Limpöck, Matthias Gruber and Eva Krallinger.
The Almkanal is an extensive canal system that runs through the City of Salzburg. In EPISODE TEN we speak with the Almmeister Wolfgang Peter and the Alm Gatekeeper Kurt Klappacher to learn more about the social, political and economic geographies of this nearly 1000 year old institution. And we take a swim because it has been a very hot summer.
