Creatively mapping personal and emotional histories of Charnwood Forest
Over the last 12 months I have been running Places and Traces, working with a group of explorers investigating our shared and personal histories of Charnwood Forest.
Places & Traces is a creative exploration of our personal and emotional histories of Charnwood Forest. Over 12 months a group has been exploring the landscape, researching stories and creating a map of personal histories and experiences about a part of Charnwood Forest.
Places and Traces will be shared at Cultures of Care Gathering
Project publication
Places and Traces booklet
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This project has been supported by Charnwood Geopark alongside Arts Council England as part of Ruth’s Cultures of Care project.
Project background
Join artist Ruth Singer for a creative exploration of landscape history in Charnwood Forest.
Over the summer and autumn there will be free guided walks and wild workshops in the countryside.
In the winter there will be chance to do research and use archives indoors as well as contribute to a booklet of research and take part in making a handmade map.
The project is about sharing your experience of the Charnwood Forest* countryside, collect your stories, your creative or historical research to share in our booklet or map. We might look at your favourite places, the history of paths, the names of woodlands, signs of old land use, old meadows or boundaries and how you feel about these places and traces.
Previous Places & Traces sessions
Walking the earth
Reflections from Places & Traces August walk Places and Traces is about exploring connections to the landscape we live in. In early August the project took to the footpaths near Woodhouse Eaves in the heart of Charnwood Forest. I lead a short walk through village edges, fields and farm tracks with the invitation to think…
Memory Maps
What do remember about special places you have visited? What can you remember of your time spent there? What features or experiences stick in your memory? These memory maps of Charnwood Forest were created during my first Places & Traces event at the Outwoods, Loughborough in June. We talked about our different relationships with this…
Marks from the land
A creative nature session using berries, plants and soil to make maps for our emotional histories map Places and Traces is about exploring connections to the landscape we live in. It’s a community project taking place in Charnwood, Leicestershire. It’s part of my Cultures of Care project and is supported by Charnwood Geopark. Last month…
Places and Traces of the Landscape
My Charnwood local history and landscape project moves indoors this month In October we had the last of the walks and wild workshops outside for Places & Traces. We took a short ramble along the bridleway, the old road, on the very edge of Loughborough. It’s one of my favourite places to walk and it…
Supported by Charnwood Forest Geopark Community Heritage Grant Scheme and Arts Council England through my Cultures of Care project
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