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Jonathan Prior
@jprior.bsky.social
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Human Geographer at Cardiff University. Environmental aesthetics | sonic geography | ecological restoration & rewilding.

Currently working on a cross-cultural analysis of wildlife & environmental sound archives.

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Second, we will be in conversation with Anton Spice at Microscope, an arts space in Dalston, London, on the 14th September.
Info and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/echolocati...
A poster for an event at Microscope, Dalston, London. The background image is of a person holding a magnetic tape in the Wildlife and Environmental Sounds collection at the British Library. The foreground text reads as follows: "Animal archives, listening session, sonic conversation, 14.09, 5pm, Sandra Jasper and Jonathan Prior, part of the 2025 echolocation series, microscope, ticket link in bio, microscope@periscope.uk, 2-4 Tottenham Road, N1 4BZ, @micro__scope"
August 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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@sandrajasper.bsky.social and I will be presenting our ongoing wildlife sound archives research at two events in September.
First, we will give a keynote at the Experimental Archives conference at Kingston University (11th-12th September).
Info and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experiment...
A poster for the experimental archives conference 2025. Above a line drawing of an open suitcase that lies empty, text reads: "Experimental Archives conference 2025, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University, Courtyard Theatre, The Town House, 11th-12th September 2025, exploring archives as spaces of transformation, fragmentation, imagination, and experimentation across disciplines".
August 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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A good start to this year's Butterfly Conservation count, with ten species spotted in my local urban patch, including Common Blue, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Comma, Small Skipper, and Meadow Brown.
A common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly in profile perched on a grass with the underwing showing. A Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) butterfly perched on a seed head, with the upperwings showing. The wings are a variety of brown tones, with orange spots on the forewing. A Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) butterfly perched on a seed head, with the upperwings showing. The wings are a variety of orange and brown tones. Two Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) butterflies in profile. The butterflies are facing in opposite directions with their wings interlocked, as they copulate. The underwings are a variety of orange and brown tones, with a prominent white spot at the top.
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Common blues in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff.
A male common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) sits in profile on grass, with wings slightly splayed. The upperwing is bright blue with a white edge, and the underwing is light brown with a series of dark brown and orange spots across it. A common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) sits in profile on a stony path in full sunshine. The damselfly is a brilliant blue with regular black markings on each segment.
May 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Research trip via train. Cardiff-London-Cologne-Berlin.
A photograph taken from the window of an early morning Eurostar train. The sun breaks through mist over a tree canopy. Inside Cologne Central Station. Two train conductors walk alongside a red Deutsche Bahn train that stretches into the distance. A view from a train near Wolfsburg. A series of wind turbines on the horizon against a blue sky with light clouds. In the foreground is a ploughed agricultural field. Inside Berlin Central Station. Light pours through the arched glass roof, hitting the train tacks and the side of a Deutsche Bahn train.
April 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Two people walk past the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, in the sunshine. A row of yellow daffodils adjacent to Alexandra Gardens, Cardiff An edible plant with clusters of yellow flowers is visible through a semi-transparent plastic polytunnel. A branch of dusty pink cherry tree flowers outside a row of terraced houses in Cardiff.
March 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Gwanwyn cynnar yng Nghaerdydd
A concrete planter with daffodils and hyacinths sits in front of Cardiff Central police station. Pink saucer magnolia flowers with a bright blue sky background in Bute Park, Cardiff. Two white geese with orange beaks sit on the bank of Roath Park Lake. A tree coming into leaf in the foreground, with light streaming onto the wall of a building in central Cardiff.
March 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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As part of @sandrajasper.bsky.social and my project 'Networked through Sound: Listening to 20th Century Wildlife Sound Archives', we are currently advertising a funded PhD project. Full details here:
www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/doctora...
A person holds the box of an Agfa tape reel containing animal sound recordings at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
December 2, 2024 at 10:48 AM
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This funding will enable us to extend the scope of our current research on the British Library's Wildlife and Environmental Sound collection and the Animal Sound Archive at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, to encompass five other wildlife sound archives located in Europe and South Africa.
A photograph of a cabinet containing a range of recording technologies, mainly from the mid-twentieth century, housed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. A photograph of a tape reel box housed at the British Library's Wildlife and Environmental Sound collection. The box reads "Twite flock approximately 50 birds flying over thistles, Loch Roag, Skye, 09:00 GMT (windy and distant jet)".
November 27, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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A trip to National Museum Cardiff/ Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.
Front door and pillars at the entrance of Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd. A person viewing photographs on display at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd. A view inside of Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd, looking up at a large glass ceiling dome. A diorama of two shags (Gulosus aristotelis) at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.
November 16, 2024 at 3:02 PM