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Aelfred
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Hi Everyone,
I'm starting this thread to ask for your help in research I'm doing for my final year at uni.
I'm taking a Geography and Environmental Studies degree at the University of Sussex and one of my courses is called English Rural Communities, for it I would like to learn more about the English bushcraft community. Could you take the time to answer some background questions and two longer questions for me?
As this thread is for academic research I must ask if you are happy to take part and to have your responses quoted and published? Also, if I do use your name anywhere in the report it will be your BCUK sign in name. If you are not happy with this do not post on this thread.
As the course is on English Rural Communities that excludes a number of our international members unless you have had some experiences in England, in which case it would be very interesting to compare experiences from other parts of the world.
One of my intentions for the report is to return my findings to BCUK for anybody who is interested.
Background questions:
1) Age?
2) Sex?
3) Occupation?
4) How did you first become involved in bushcraft?
5) What are your main fields of interest in the bushcraft realm? (ie. fire lighting, tracking, tool making, archery, wild food, ecology, generalist etc.)
Research questions:
A) Bushcraft ties us more closely to nature, at its core is respect for nature and all living things. - Ray Mears
To what extent do you agree with this statement and why?
B) How has your knowledge of bushcraft changed your experience of, and attitude towards the English countryside?
Please feel free to relate any stories or experiences that you have that will illuminate your answer. PM me if you have any further questions.
Many thanks for your time and help,
Oliver Rathmill
I'm starting this thread to ask for your help in research I'm doing for my final year at uni.
I'm taking a Geography and Environmental Studies degree at the University of Sussex and one of my courses is called English Rural Communities, for it I would like to learn more about the English bushcraft community. Could you take the time to answer some background questions and two longer questions for me?
As this thread is for academic research I must ask if you are happy to take part and to have your responses quoted and published? Also, if I do use your name anywhere in the report it will be your BCUK sign in name. If you are not happy with this do not post on this thread.
As the course is on English Rural Communities that excludes a number of our international members unless you have had some experiences in England, in which case it would be very interesting to compare experiences from other parts of the world.
One of my intentions for the report is to return my findings to BCUK for anybody who is interested.
Background questions:
1) Age?
2) Sex?
3) Occupation?
4) How did you first become involved in bushcraft?
5) What are your main fields of interest in the bushcraft realm? (ie. fire lighting, tracking, tool making, archery, wild food, ecology, generalist etc.)
Research questions:
A) Bushcraft ties us more closely to nature, at its core is respect for nature and all living things. - Ray Mears
To what extent do you agree with this statement and why?
B) How has your knowledge of bushcraft changed your experience of, and attitude towards the English countryside?
Please feel free to relate any stories or experiences that you have that will illuminate your answer. PM me if you have any further questions.
Many thanks for your time and help,
Oliver Rathmill