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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 5d

See my immediate thought on this was to remember one time I went off for an 8-week field season and returning to my flat at the end found a half mug of tea, I’d clearly abandoned on my dash to the airport taxi, which had reached a similar level of chunkiness to a Boba…

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · 27d

You’ve reminded me my viva was also a year ago today! Funny thought.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 6

Absolutely! I’d love to have that chat! I carried out some local community workshops (partnered with the local folk museum) as part of this research to explore those themes a little more - hoping to get them written up this year.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 6

I don’t mean to present in the article a cure for all of our modern crises… however I argue we should be thinking critically about how we represent these landscapes and how this can shape popular perceptions and policy around their futures. As you say their is much naivety within rewilding debates!

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 6

That’s not to say we should tear up the Moor to churn out iron, but, we can perhaps imagine new ways (or old ways) of using these landscapes which support both increasing their biodiversity and their productivity for human communities. Be this through high-nature-value farming, sustainable forestry…

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 6

This I’d argue is an important step in truly tackling climate change - as much of Scotland’s carbon emissions result for transport and the import of materials, localising production (of food among other things) across the country has the potential to significantly reduce our carbon footprints.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 6

What I argue (as an archaeologist) is that we can look to the past to consider how upland landscapes have been made productive and sustaining in past, to challenge the dominance of the ‘wild land’ in policy, and imagine alternative productive futures for our uplands.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 6

Housing shortages (in our current largely uncontrolled market for short term lets/holiday homes) and often as I argue prevents genuine local development (in housing/industry) to preserve an aesthetic desired by the visitor (‘wildness’), while providing jobs which are either seasonal or specialist.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 6

I think there’s a balance to be struck, but, some of the clear issues forcing depopulation in many of these regions are a lack of (non-seasonal) sustainable employment and a lack of housing, the promise of rewilding to provide tourism jobs then does nothing to alleviate this, in fact it worsens…

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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · Sep 5

Could contemporary rewilding represent an act of marginalisation?

@eddiecstewart.bsky.social looks to the past to suggest an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places in a new EUP blog post 👉

Wicked Wild Wastes? - Edinburgh University Press Blog

Dr Edward Stewart challenges contemporary notions of rewilding, suggesting an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places.

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is an excellent read for anyone interested in the politics of land in Scotland

‘A repopulating archaeology

By presenting the Highland landscape as ecologically desolate & culturally empty, it is easy then to argue for these already marginalised landscapes to form the frontline of Scotland’s

Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’m happy to say this article on my PhD research, exploring and challenging conceptions of wildness in Scottish Highland landscapes is out (and open access) now in @scottishhistreview.bsky.social.

You can access the article here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Repeopling vrs Rewilding is an unhelpful polarisation of views in contemporary land regeneration debates. Reintroducing past social, env. & economic complexity can open up new conversations & options.

A topic central to my current research & taken up brilliantly here by @eddiecstewart.bsky.social:

Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 4

You can find the full article (open access) here, thanks to @edinburghup.bsky.social: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

Wicked Wild Wastes? Challenging Wildness through Repopulating Approaches to Archaeological Narratives in Scottish Highland Landscapes | The Scottish Historical Review

This article will explore a repopulating approach as a means of producing archaeological and historical narratives of upland land use in the Scottish Highlands which go beyond tired notions of margina...

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 4

You can find the full article (open access) here, thanks to @edinburghup.bsky.social: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

Wicked Wild Wastes? Challenging Wildness through Repopulating Approaches to Archaeological Narratives in Scottish Highland Landscapes | The Scottish Historical Review

This article will explore a repopulating approach as a means of producing archaeological and historical narratives of upland land use in the Scottish Highlands which go beyond tired notions of margina...

www.euppublishing.com

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 4

You can check out this blog post from @edinburghup.bsky.social on my recent article from our work in Glencoe and Rannoch Moor here: euppublishingblog.com/2025/09/04/w....
You can keep up to date with this project here: forms.office.com/e/dW4vS5SYZ6

Wicked Wild Wastes? - Edinburgh University Press Blog

Dr Edward Stewart challenges contemporary notions of rewilding, suggesting an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places.

euppublishingblog.com

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Scottish Historical Review @scottishhistreview.bsky.social · Sep 2

"The concept of wildness in Scotland is both politically and culturally contentious with a long history for the term ‘wild’ being..." WANT TO KNOW THE NEXT PART? I know you do. Guess you'll have to read Edward Stewart's article here for FREE: www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Wicked Wild Wastes? Challenging Wildness through Repopulating Approaches to Archaeological Narratives in Scottish Highland Landscapes | The Scottish Historical Review

This article will explore a repopulating approach as a means of producing archaeological and historical narratives of upland land use in the Scottish Highlands which go beyond tired notions of margina...

www.euppublishing.com

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 3

This article is based on fieldwork supported by @uofgartshums.bsky.social Archaeology colleagues, and @nts-archaeology.bsky.social, funded by @sgsah.bsky.social

Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’m happy to say this article on my PhD research, exploring and challenging conceptions of wildness in Scottish Highland landscapes is out (and open access) now in @scottishhistreview.bsky.social.

You can access the article here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · Sep 3

What a lunch break experience.... Mendelsshon on Mull in Iona Hall! AMAZING!

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · Sep 3

All set up and waiting for Iona and Bunessan Primary Shool pupils to come and learn about #archaeology today @n-t-s.bsky.social

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’m happy to say this article on my PhD research, exploring and challenging conceptions of wildness in Scottish Highland landscapes is out (and open access) now in @scottishhistreview.bsky.social.

You can access the article here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Excited to see this article, based on my PhD research in-print and ✨open access!
You can check it out here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

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Scottish Historical Review @scottishhistreview.bsky.social · Sep 2

We have some VERY exciting news, not only is the latest special issue of SHR now available but @eddiecstewart.bsky.social's article on 'Wicked Wild Wastes? Challenging Wildness through Repopulating Approaches to Archaeological Narratives in Scottish Highland Landscapes’ is OPEN ACCESS.

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Aug 18

A classic in the genre!

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Amazing! What a cool site (and great weather!)

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Aug 10

You can check out our latest #Glencoe2025 blog post here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/l...
A trip with the Archaeo-Botanists around Glencoe, Rannoch Moor and Argyll. @uofgartshums.bsky.social @nts-archaeology.bsky.social @archscot.bsky.social @stanforduniversity.bsky.social

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Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

There are many ways to make a career in heritage and #NoWrongPath to get into the field!
I started out in Archaeology as a volunteer in high school with @nts-archaeology.bsky.social - we’re also supported by a huge team who’ve all had their own journeys through archaeology!

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