Stonehenge Touring Exhibition: ‘Stonehenge Belongs to You and me’
This is how we did it, last century 🙂 If you want to argue a case, mount an exhibition!!
After the ‘Battle of the Beanfield’ this was exactly what we tried
In colabouration with Professor Barbara Bender, professor emeritus, University College London, the author of Stonehenge: Making Space and Landscape: Politics and Perspectives
Contributed and created a touring exhibition titled: ‘Stonehenge Belongs to You and me’
It is about contestations and appropriations and about who gets to be heard. It’s got all different voices – Free Festivalers, Druids, Locals, ‘landowners, archaeologists.
English Heritage were going to put in their bit, but they backed off a week before the opening…
The exhibition has stuff on media distortion, on legal and police action, and on government legislation.
The exhibition had support from Liberty, Charter 88, and Save the Children. We went to a number of locations around the UK. We started in London, and then continued on to the Exeter Museum, Bristol Museum and Salisbury Museum, causing a fair amount of public debate about access to the monument and around the issues raised. I am glad, it was the point of the excercise.
She added: “I hope very much that anyone who come and see the show is affected – there are lots of good photos by Tash and John Warburton.” – Barbara Bender Dept of Anthropology, University College, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
‘What Past? Whose Past – Who Owns Stonehenge?
University of Reading: School of Continuing Education: Reading Town Hall Lectures 2003: 17 March 2003
This is one of the many lectures, organised by the University of Reading: School of Continuing Education, spring Season
Have contributed the use of a photograph of ‘stonehenge and barbed wire’ for use in the publisitity for this event. Flyers posters etc.
I am so glad that there continues to be such debate about these subjects. Our heritage is under continued threat, from those authorities that feel we have few rights over antiquaties and ‘ OUR ‘ history.
The blurb says: “Professor Barbara Bender of University College London and author of ‘Stonehenge: Making Space’ and ‘Landscape: Politics and Perspectives’ will discuss how the study of key sites, including Stonehenge, can lead to conflict or, sometimes, reconciliation in ‘What Past? Whose Past?”
For more details about this event, I’ve included at:
http://tash_lodge.blogspot.com/2003_01_26_tash_lodge_archive.html#88213458
Stonehenge: http://tash.gn.apc.org/stones1.htm
Battle of the Beanfield: http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean.htm
My ‘cell Notes’: http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean-notes1.htm
‘Operations Notes’ 1988 http://tash.gn.apc.org/shenge_diary1988_1.htm
Court Injuction Papers: http://tash.gn.apc.org/stonehenge_papers.htm
Stonehenge Photo Gallery: http://tash.gn.apc.org/gal_ston1.htm
Stonehenge – Solstice Ritual [htm] http://tash.gn.apc.org/solst_0.htm
Stonehenge – Solstice Ritual [pdf] http://tash.gn.apc.org/solstice.pdf
Travellers: http://tash.gn.apc.org/trav1.htm
A History – The Story so far: http://tash.gn.apc.org/history.htm
