“In order to live on the land, one must learn to both notice and unlock its potential - to read and interpret the land for its signposts - to develop, what I term landscape literacy.”
Lisa Fenton
Writing
Lisa’s explorations, enquiries, experiences and academic insights, combined with her practical knowledge and expertise in bushcraft & survival skills, reaches a wide audience through her writing for both academic and popular publications.
Lisa Fenton’s writing brings together lived practice, cultural history, and critical insight to explore how traditional skills can shape contemporary life. Her work spans academic research, creative non-fiction, and contributions to both specialist and mainstream publications.
Lisa integrates personal experience, cultural critique, and historical perspective to show how ancient skills can help us reconnect with the natural world. She continues to publish essays, chapters, and articles that extend her thinking about bushcraft, enskillment, and human–nature relationships.
In progress
A feature chapter of Will Jones upcoming publication ‘How to Survive in the Wilderness (For a Weekend)’, includes chapter on Lisa and her bushcraft practice (Thames & Hudson, 2025).
Featured expert in Oxford University Press - new release of English File (Oxford University Press 2025)
Published
Chapter title, Rewilding 'knowledges': blending science and indigenous knowledge systems.
Chapter contribution to the proposed ‘Rewilding Handbook’, Routledge.
Bushcraft Education as Radical Pedagogy
The Journal of Pedagogy, Culture & Society
By Fenton, L., Playdon, Z., & Prince, H. (2020).
A New Hotspot for Temminck’s Red Colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii) in The Gambia: The Feasibility of a Community Approach to Conservation
The Journal of Primate Conservation 2020 (34).
By Meyhew, M., Cramer, J., Fenton, L. Dittritch, A., Armstrong, R.
Rewilding: continuing the debate
For the Ecologist
Contribution by Lisa Fenton
‘Between Two Worlds’
Bushcraft and Aboriginal knowledge:
A necessary relationship for the Western exploration of Australia.
Tickling Trout
Survival, Adventure, Heroism and Travel
The literary traditions and heritage of modern bushcraft.
Bushcraft in the Frontier
from Ranger to Scout, Indigenous Skills in the Military.
The American Frontiersman
and the role of Woodcraft skills in trade and exploration in North America.