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This is the personal site of Dr Louis Lorenzo, where I showcase my current work, past projects, and other personal interests.
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11th October 2026 – I’m pleased to join the SAFE team as their new research associate in the North East! This follows the end of my work on the Negotiating Childhoods around the Pacific Rim project, which I enjoyed so much. Best wishes to Helen and Maje. Look forward to forthcoming publications!
28th April 2026 – I’ve just released my latest track! A Neocover of Phil Ochs’ classic. Listen here!
26th April 2026 – Uploaded Chapter 4 of my doctorate, titled Chopwell: An Oral History of Outdoor Play Amongst Natural Dreams and De-Industrial Suburbanisation. Just the conclusion left to go.
Featured Articles
Dead River: An Environmental History of the Tyne Improvement Commission 1850-1968CE
For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. – Alfred Tennyson, ‘The Brook’. Introduction The Significance of River History When searching for a location to build a home, the humans who founded the first settlements on the Tyne had several priorities in mind. First and foremost, they needed access to…
Chapter 1: Changing Childhoods and Changing Britain: Expert Discourse and the Universal Child – The Natural Habitat of Youth?
<- Introduction – Chapter 2 -> 1.1 Introduction This chapter looks at how expert discourse both in policymaking and academic circles sought to understand and shape children’s lived experiences of place and play in Britain leading up to and during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, bringing different categories of discourse into dialogue. The framework of…
Review: Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity’s Unappeasable Appetite for Energy
Text: Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity’s Unappeasable Appetite for Energy. By Alfred W. Crosby. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. 208pp. The experience of reading Children of the Sun feels more akin to a fable than a history volume, even the title rings of fairy tale. As if meant to…
