Hi
Somewhere (aka Nina Pope and I) invite you to two free events we have in the Cambridge Festival of Ideas - please feel free to circulate.
TIME CHANGES (ALMOST) EVERYTHING
Saturday 29 October: 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Free but Bookable in Advance
http://www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/events/time-changes-almost-everything
Gravel Hill Farm, Artist Studios, Madingley Rise Madingley Road, CB3 0FU
Have you ever wondered how to look after your treasured possessions? Why newspaper cuttings yellow, elastic snaps or whether silver tarnish is a good or a bad thing?
Challenge our experts - bring along a personal possession of (almost*) any kind and find out just how the passage of time will affect it, and how a museum would or could look after it for posterity.
Julie Dawson & Kirstie Williams from Cambridge Museums and John Lambert of Cambridgeshire Archives will make a selection from the audience’s items and share their opinions and knowledge in this lively and accessible forum.
*Please limit size to max. 40cm x 40cm x 40cm, and be sensible - no pets / nasty substances please
WHAT’S THE FUTURE FOR THE PAST?
Saturday 29 October: 5:30pm - 7:15pm, Free but Bookable in Advance
http://www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/events/whats-future-past
Institute of Astronomy, Sackler Lecture Theatre, Madingley Road, CB3 0HA
Inspired by Somewhere’s 25-year multi-disciplinary survey of NW Cambridge, ‘Prospection’, this event presents a panel of leading heritage experts including Sarah May (Research Associate, UCL Institute of Archaeology), Rachael Kiddey (Research Associate, University of York & Editorial Assistant at the Independent Social Research Foundation) and James Dixon (Museum of London Archaeology) who will present a thought-provoking array of fieldwork and research exploring what the future holds for the past and what the past holds for the future - from Portakabins to nuclear waste.
The panel will be followed by refreshments and a chance to browse the archive boxes of the first two years’ findings of ‘Prospection’.
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