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First Wild Essex Imaginarium

Reflections, images and talk slides from the first Wild Essex Imaginarium on 27th Sept 2025, at the Essex Business School (EBS), University of Essex. On Saturday 27th September, 2025, over a 100 attendees, speakers, and performers gathered together in the Essex Business School’s (EBS) Auditorium (University of Essex) for the first Wild Essex Imaginarium. Programme…

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Access to the Wild Essex Imaginarium Evaluation Survey

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Consent form for Wild Essex Imaginarium

Participant Consent Form Thank you for contributing your thoughts and reflections at today’s event. Your feedback is valuable and will help CERG (Cultural Engine Research Group) to understand how the Wild Essex Imaginarium has influenced participants’ thinking, learning, and future actions. Please tick the boxes below to indicate how you consent for your responses (to…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Wild Essex Imaginarium Flyer

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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…

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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:…

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“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…

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