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Wild Essex Imaginarium Programme Announcement
Update on 10/09/25: CERG are very excited to announce the final programme for the Wild Essex Imaginarium on Sat 27th September 2025, hosted by the Essex Business School (EBS) at the University of Essex, Colchester. EBS: 2.2 (Auditorium next to main entrance) Final Programme (pdf) We are pleased to confirm that the event is free…
Additions to Wild Essex Imaginarium: Writer Justin Hopper and David Gates from Beth Chattos Meanwhile Garden
Two notable additions to the programme on Sat 27th Sept at Essex Business School Justin Hopper is an American writer based in Britain. His work explores the intersection of landscape, memory and myth. His site-specific audio poetry works have been commissioned by arts organisations and festivals in the US and UK. For Wood Street Galleries…
CERG Research in Parliament
A CERG research paper, authored by Tony Sampson (UoE), was published last week in a compendium of papers exploring the role of culture and place in the development of English cities and towns, based on projects presented at a conference in Bradford at the end of last year. The publication was marked at the fourth annual…
CERG present the 1st Wild Essex Imaginarium Symposium: Re-enchanting the Essex Landscape in Times of Climate Crises
Event Details and Call for Contributions EVENT DETAILS ENTRY: Free Entry, Registration Required VENUE: The University of Essex, Essex Business School, Colchester Campus (CO4 3SQ) (travel guide below) DATE: Saturday Sept 27th 2025 TIMES: Exhbit opens 10am. Programme starts 11am-6.30pm followed by curated River Walk (full programme to follow) The Wild Essex Imaginarium aims to re-energise (re-enchant) the relationship…
Coming soon: Wild Essex Imaginarium, Sat 27th Sept
Just putting this out there… The date of the event is confirmed. The venue booked. The full call will be announced soon. Time to imagine. More to follow. CERG Present: Wild Essex Imaginarium Symposium 1 VENUE: The University of Essex, Essex Business School (EBS.1.1, EBS.2.1 and EBS.2.63), Colchester Campus DATE: Saturday Sept 27th 2025 TIMES:…
“Museum” for Rochford Community Engagement Toolkit
CERG started to roll out our Community Engagement toolkit at two events in March. A trial run with Cllr Sarah Jane Page in attendance followed by a well-attended and animated event at Great Wakering Community Centre. The kit includes an emotional geographies map, which splendidly triggers lots of passionate memories about place and lively conversations…
CERG research on “emotional geography” referenced in Parliamentary speech
Following a presentation of our research at the Key Cities conference in Bradford last November, Prof. shirley congdon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford referenced CERG’s work on emotional geographies during her speech at the third annual Cities in Parliament reception with City Leaders, Parliamentarians, University Leaders and place stakeholders from Plymouth, Sunderland, Cumberland, Salford,…
Museum for Rochford
We have two community engagement events this month (March) to help shape the Museum for Rochford project. The first is at Rochford WI on Thurs 13th – 7-9pm The second in Great Wakering on Sat 22nd. The concept of a ‘museum’ has been raised regularly over many years by local groups and individuals who would…
CERG present Emotional Geographies at Key Cities Conference in Bradford
The Key Cities Innovation Network Conference provided an excellent platform to present CERG’s community development research directly to leaders in local government, the Arts Council England, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. In collaboration with the Centre for Coastal Communities at the University of Essex and various regional non-academic partners, the Cultural Engine Research Group (CERG) is working closely with…
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