Mairi McFadyen

Dr. Mairi McFadyen is an independent researcher, writer and creative practitioner based in Abriachan, Loch Ness. Her background is in Scottish literature, ethnology and in the Scottish school of human ecology. At the heart of her practice is the idea of cultural repair: mending fractured relationships between people and the living systems that sustain us, advocating for regenerative and convivial alternatives to dominant systems. She is interested in how folk culture, knowledge and cultural memory can be a wellspring of resistance and renewal in our time of ecological and social crisis. Though her work takes many forms, it is united by a commitment to imagining and building more hopeful futures. You can find her work at www.mairimcfadyen.scot and www.ichfornature.co.uk and writing on her Substack Hopeful Futures.