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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: From Down Under: Dr. Nick Osbaldiston on the Social Conceptions of the Coast
Description: Reopening beaches is a hot topic in the national COVID-19 discussion, out of proportion, it seems, with its import to the nation as a whole. We wondered why so we tracked down Dr. Nick Osbaldiston, Professor of Sociology at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia and author of the book, Towards a Sociology of the Coast:  Our Past, Present and Future Relationship to the Shore. Â
Dr. Osbaldiston has a keen and studied eye and offers unique insights into why the sea and the shoreline have long carried great weight in our society, our culture, and how we perceive...