Seth M. Walker

@smwalker
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PhD in Religion. Research and writing on remix theory and Buddhist philosophy. Nature lover. Ukulele strummer. Transition, longboard, and surfskater. Haiku writer. All things sci-fi/fantasy/zombies/Thoreau/Camus. Urban foraging novice. Amateur lichenologist. Obsessed with fermented foods and vegan cooking. Wannabe sumi-e artist. Visual media on Pixelfed (see profile link).
Website/Bloghttps://sethmwalker.com
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Religions Are Remixes (Routledge, 2024)https://bit.ly/religions-are-remixes
A recent conversation I had with photographer Amir Zaki on disrupting dualities, koan breakthroughs, and the connection between empty skateparks and Zen Buddhism. https://tricycle.org/article/empty-vessels-amir-zaki/ #buddhism #zen #photography #gigapan #skateparks
Empty Vessels

American photographer Amir Zaki on disrupting dualities, koan breakthroughs, and the inherent connection between empty skate parks and Zen Buddhism

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Skateboarding and Philosophy: Essays Concerning the Life of the Grind now available for preorder! I’ve got a chapter in it on kensho and falling. Will be published this coming spring. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/skateboarding-and-philosophy/ #skateboarding #philosophy #popculture #zen #buddhism
Skateboarding and Philosophy - McFarland

Despite skateboarding's fairly inauspicious start as crude, homemade toys made from thin board and roller skate wheels, the first commercially manufactured

McFarland
Religions Are Remixes: Rethinking Originality, Authenticity, and Authority in the Study of Religion

This book utilizes an approach that centers on remix theory and conceptual metaphor theory, arguing for an examination of the study of religion via a model for analyzing cultural constructs that the author terms Remix+/-.  After discerning the metaphorical correspondences underlying his argument, the author claims that the shift in conceptual and terminological framing remix provides can assist in understanding religious phenomena and developments differently, paying close attention to the sort

Routledge & CRC Press
My new book (Religions Are Remixes) is now available for preorder! Check it out on the Routledge website and receive a 20% discount: http://www.routledge.com/9781032680057. #remix #remixtheory #remixstudies #religion #religiousstudies #buddhism
Religions Are Remixes: Rethinking Originality, Authenticity, and Authority in the Study of Religion

This book utilizes an approach that centers on remix theory and conceptual metaphor theory, arguing for an examination of the study of religion via a model for analyzing cultural constructs that the author terms Remix+/-.  After discerning the metaphorical correspondences underlying his argument, the author claims that the shift in conceptual and terminological framing remix provides can assist in understanding religious phenomena and developments differently, paying close attention to the sort

Routledge & CRC Press

“When we stop and focus our gaze on an unassuming splotch of color—when we perceive it directly—we allow ourselves to see that splotch of complex life and how it intermingles with its surroundings.”

What fungi and the practice of Miksang—a contemplative photographic tradition—can teach us about interdependence. My latest at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. https://tricycle.org/article/lichen-miksang/ #buddhism #lichen #lichensubscribe #thoreau #interdependence #photography #naturephotography

Lichen Days

What fungi and the practice of Miksang—a contemplative photographic tradition—can teach us about interdependence

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
cfp | call for papers

Got back last weekend from an amazing 3-week camping trip through Wyoming, Montana, and Alberta, sleeping alongside bears, bison, elk, and other wildlife in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Banff. I still have a lot of photos to go through, but I’ll share some of my favorites on my Pixelfed page soon.

(current photo is from an afternoon picnic on Lake Louise in Banff)

"While many have found a connection between garden-tending and mindfulness meditation, there’s a difference between tending to the wild garden rather than the cultivated one."

A reflection on mindfulness, interdependence, and urban foraging: "Mindful Foraging" at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. https://tricycle.org/article/mindful-foraging/ #mindfulness #buddhism #interdependence #meditation #foraging #wildplants

Mindful Foraging 

Mindfulness and gardening are often linked, but there is a difference between tending to the wild garden rather than the cultivated one.

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Received my physical copy in the mail. This piece came out of research for my dissertation, which I’m currently editing and reworking for publication as a book. #religion #remix #buddhism
Call for Abstracts The Last of Us and Philosophy

The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series