Tag: landscape
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Map Making
Places and Traces project is developing quickly now. Last summer we went on walks and did wild workshops in the woods and orchards, and spent the winter meetings in the local studies library exploring maps and documents. Over the next few months we are working with artist Hannah Moreton to create a large map sharing…
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Creative Nature
Exploring land and nature-based projects for Cultures of Care I missed July’s Cultures of Care Group. I had to cancel because I had covid and had no energy for sharing my reflections on my care projects at the time. I’m better now, luckily, and looking forward to connecting again with a wonderful, supportive and engaged…
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Emotional Landscapes
Places & Traces is part of my Cultures of Care project. Part of Cultures of Care is care of nature and landscape, place and belonging. I’ve been working for a year now with a wellness in nature group and wanted to build on what I’ve learned in that residency to create something more focussed on…
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When public engagement is not very engaging
This morning I gave up two hours to go to a nature recovery strategy residents consultation workshop. I left feeling deeply frustrated by the lack of clarity on the strategy and what input we could have and by the poor way it was run. It’s reminded me just how valuable public engagement skills are and…
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Places & Traces of Charnwood Forest
Places & Traces is a creative landscape history project looking at how local people experience and feel about the Charnwood Forest area. Over the next year I’m hosting creative exploratory walks and wild workshops where we will explore what makes this area so special to us personally. I’m collecting community stories and experiences of this…
Ruth Singer 