Hello,
For those planning to attend the RGS-IBG annual conference in Edinburgh this summer...
There are still a few places left for the pre-conference field day detailed below.
Do snap 'em up! Should be fun!
Instructions for registration are also included below.
All best,
Hayden
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RGS-IBG FIELD DAY - EVENT NOTICE
'RUINATION AND REINVENTION, with THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE'
Date: Monday 2nd July 2012
Delegates registering for the RGS-IBG Annual Conference (Edinburgh, July 2012) are invited to participate in an off-campus event, taking place a day before the full conference programme begins.
Introduction:
A day-long fieldtrip to Kilmahew estate and the spectacular ruins of St. Peter's seminary, organised in association with ‘The Invisible College’, an interdisciplinary research network, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Join members of the project team for a unique event based around a site visit, and the premiering of a site-specific audio work by Michael Gallagher.
The estate of Kilmahew, just above Cardross, twenty miles to the west of Glasgow, has been occupied for around a millennium: first by a chapel, then a castle, then a baronial mansion, and most famously, a Roman Catholic seminary, the masterpiece of the modernist architects Gillespie Kidd and Coia. The estate and buildings were abandoned in the 1980s, and have defeated subsequent attempts at reoccupation, falling into a spectacular and legendary state of ruination.
It is the aim of The Invisible College, established between the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Strathclyde, in partnership with the Glasgow-based public arts organisation NVA, with the Royal Geographical Society, to reverse this process of decline, and - without restoring the site to some long-lost state of perfection - to turn the landscape and ruins of Kilmahew to productive, community-oriented use.
Timings and meeting point:
Participants to meet at Glasgow Queen Street train station at 9.10am (train departs at 9.30am); return to Glasgow Queen Street station is estimated for 4.30pm to 5pm.
Booking:
Free for registered conference delegates. Advance bookings only. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis (a reserve list will operate once capacity has been reached). Return travel costs from Edinburgh to Cardross will be covered and return train tickets between Glasgow QS and Cardross will have been purchased in advance. Places should be booked using the online sign-up form (details below) and confirmations will be sent by email within five working days.
Other:
Delegates should bring their own packed lunch. Parts of this trip, and the nature of the site, make it unsuitable for those with personal mobility issues.
Signing-up:
The online sign-up form can be accessed at the conference registration webpage:
http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Programme/Field+experiences.htm
For more information about the work of The Invisible College at Kilmahew/St. Peter's visit: www.nva.org.uk
Any further questions about the event, please contact: [log in to unmask]
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