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A New Museum for Rochford Town
Join us on the 12th September 2024 at 6.30pm in the WI Hall Rochford to discuss ‘A New Museum for Rochford Town’. Free to anyone who wants to attend – no need to book. The concept of a ‘museum’ has been raised regularly over many years by local groups and individuals who would like to…
Nature Writing Event for the Rochford District
Nature Writing Event for the Rochford DistrictSaturday 28th September 20246.00pm to 10.00pmRochford WI Hall, West Street, Essex SS4 1BE An evening with four writers whose work explores our connection to the natural world. See a new film focused on Cherry Orchard Country Park in Rochford. Come along and listen to some excellent and insightful talks,…
CERG to present initial findings of Frinton/Walton Pride-in-Place workshops at Royal Geographic Society Conference on 29th August 2024
From Economic to Emotional Geography: Understanding the Importance of the Mezzo-Level in Community Development Authors Abstract Local Authorities (District/Boroughs) play a crucial role in leading community development initiatives, despite facing numerous challenges in responding to the macro/micro level model of community development. These challenges include the competitive and uncertain nature of macro-level funding mechanisms, mainly…
Reminder about our first Frinton & Walton Museum workshop on Friday 12th July
What makes you proud about living in Frinton and Walton?
Re-imagining Pride-in-Place at the Mezzolevel
Re-imagining Pride-in-Place at the Mezzolevel: Although Labour Admit Boris Talked a “Good Game” on Levelling Up, the Tories Haven’t Delivered. What Next? Position paper by The Cultural Engine Research Group – Tony Sampson, UoE, Giles Tofield, CE CiC & Andrew Branch, UEL Abstract We make the case that the next UK government should strategically retain…
Close & Remote: Creative Walk of Cherry Orchard Country Park with Artists on Saturday, June 29
Close & Remote: Saturday, June 29 · 10:30am – 1pm A walk suitable for people of all ages, held along the accessible paths in the park. Accompanied by artists Close and Remote, we will go on a leisurely adventure in the park, encountering activities along the way and with an emphasis on ‘close looking’ at…
What makes you proud about living in Frinton and Walton?
What would you like to see in a museum celebrating Frinton and Walton? Together with the Frinton & Walton Heritage Trust, we are carrying out research into what memories, artefacts, stories, and events the local community would like to see in a new museum. There are four events to attend. Two in Walton and two…
CERG to Present at Royal Geographic Society Conference
CERG will present findings from research carried out during a NHLF project in North Essex at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2024. The paper is titled “From Economic to Emotional Geography: Understanding the Importance of the Mezzo-Level in Community Development”. The Full abstract can be accessed here on the conference website.
CERG academic keynote at 11th ECSM conference
Tony Sampson will be talking about his research on contagion theory at the 11th European Conference on Social Media, 30 – 31 May 2024, University of Brighton, UK. The talk will revisit the Virality thesis (Sampson, 2012, 2020) in the context of contemporary social media cultures. It will trace virality back to 19th century sociology, and subsequent…