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Ep 221 - Post-Humanism in the Woods: With Dr Jo Hume
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- The Forest School Podcast
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- Jul 18, 2025
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Summary
In this deep-dive episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Wem are joined by Dr Jo Hume to explore the rich and expanding world of Forest School research. Starting with nettle seeds and caffeine journeys, the conversation quickly flows into Jo’s unique academic path—from early years teaching to leading-edge post-humanist research. Together, they unpack how Forest School practice can be explored through alternative lenses: from non-linear time and place memory to intra-action, post-humanism, and the oft-missed agency of trees, mud, and materials. Dr Hume shares her ‘three Fs of Forest School,’ talks about embodied research methods (including her embroidered GPS maps), and challenges listeners to think beyond human-centred perspectives. Whether you are an outdoor educator, curious academic, or passionate practitioner, this episode will expand your understanding of what makes Forest School profoundly different from other outdoor experiences—and why it truly stays with us even after we leave the woods. https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/h/joanna-hume/ ⏱ Chapter Timings: 00:00 – Nettle seeds, caffeine experiments, and energising toddler groups 02:10 – Introducing Dr Jo Hume: early years teaching to academic research 07:30 – Weekly woodland trips and the ripple effects on child independence 13:45 – Bringing Forest School to teacher training: possibilities and limitations 19:00 – The ‘three Fs of Forest School’: frequency, familiarity, freedom 24:15 – Forest School as an alternative life-thread: time, memory, and identity 33:35 – Understanding post-humanism and intra-action in outdoor learning 41:15 – Animism, tree relationships, and de-centring the human perspective 50:00 – Creative research methods: embroidered maps and sensory entanglement 58:30 – The…