Richard Keating

Visit to Swansea to finalise symposium programme.

Meeting with Kel Portman to discuss making work from Norwegian walk, watery Landscapes article and First Friday Walk.

Folly Wood core group meeting: pouring rain and so we ‘walked the agenda’ – very effective, experiential.

Attachments

framework-for-book-map-1347868010.doc

23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th:
arranging dates for Autumn Folly Wood gatherings and tree planting.

Continuing to transcribe sound files from Derby Walk

Handing out Five Valleys Festival brochures at Farmers Market (includes Festival of Nature)

Reading ‘The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts’ Edited by Michael Biggs and Henrik Karlsson, Routledge, 2011, Abingdon and New York in preparation for ‘Practice Makes Perfect’ Symposium.

Further suggestions for Watery Landscapes article.

Initial discussion with Sue Porter and reading regards an article looking at Critical Methodologies on collaborative writing as method of inquiry

With Lu Jian, reading ‘One Place After Another’ by Miwon Kwon and discussing it by email.

meeting with Steve Roberts to finalise festival. Discussed the possibility of increasing other people’s involvement with the event – list of tasks etc. Discussed the possibility of linking to an conference type event.

Suggested and took measurements for making drawings to hang in the bandstand based on Steve’s wildlife illustrations.

Visit great show with Helen, Glenn, Sue and Alison in context of Derby Walk. Much discussion about serendipity, nomadcy, biophilia, peak oil and economic crash. MAny comparisons with our groups recent visit to the Grayson Perry show. More political, less joyous, more insightful, less show. Initially daunting to be faced with so much information and intellectual scatter; after first viewing it appeared differently – very welcoming and tempting.

Also saw “Another London” photographic show – was this really our lives? How old fashioned we all looked, not as I remember it at all. Yes, the visual details and imagery were as I remember but it was modern at the time!

having to set-up new computer as internet access has failed on old one. Steep learning curve from PC to Mac.

More transcribing Derby walk sound files.

15th to 18th: Reading Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts in preparation for symposium.

Transcribing sound files from Derby walk along with Alison.

Positive responses from Rob Newell and Catrin Webster on my outline thesis chapter.

Tutorial in Stroud with Catrin Webster and Andrea Liggins.

Looking at Museum in the Park as a possible venue for exhibition in support of viva. Walk a log the canal through Willow Farm and a visit to Folly Wood as a potential site visit for examiners.

Discussions about examiners and areas of expertise/enthusiasms.

just before mid-day on his due date, Michael cried lustily according to the mid-wife in Gloucester maternity unit. Lots to say but not here. All well.

listened to all 65 sound files of conversations and began transcribing. Long way to go.

Spoke to Max Comfort about the Academy of Urbanism report and next steps and our aspirations now that the Town Council were going for a Town Design Statement instead of a Neighbourhood Development Plan.