Monthly Archives: September 2011

memory, materials, heritage values, and earth buildings

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Louise Cooke

I’ve been writing (rather late I know) a pre-print paper for the Terra 2012 conference in Peru next April.  But it has got me thinking more about how the tensions apparent in the conservation of earth buildings might play out … Continue reading →

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Turfscript – walking, archaeology and ancient history

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Louise Cooke

Reading the landscape, back to the inspiring Romantic Moderns again for some more thoughts about landscape, archaeology and art. H. J. Massingham in The Genius of England, describes the prehistoric  landscape as “the turfscript of these abandoned downs” (cited Harris, … Continue reading →

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landscape, archaeology and art

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Louise Cooke

Last night the opening of Art from Archaeology in the Vale of Pickering,  Etched lines in a linear landscape. A collaboration between The Landscape Research Centre and artist Paul Musgrove. Paul’s work is beautiful, and a thought provoking way of increasing … Continue reading →

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really enjoying – Romantic Moderns

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Louise Cooke

Romantic Moderns by Alexandra Harris – explores the 1930s and 1940s through its writers and painters. As a cultural history of both place and time – its a big book with a lot of content, breadth and connections but it is … Continue reading →

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Autumn days when the grass is …

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Louise Cooke

Last days of summer in the Vale of Pickering. After many months and too many late nights draft documents for the Statement of Significance project have now been circulated and we meet up for a Stakeholder event on Thursday. It … Continue reading →

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