{"id":40,"date":"2015-06-09T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criticalkent\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2015-09-16T12:10:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T11:10:52","slug":"beaches-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criticalkent\/the-topographies-project\/beaches-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaches, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Topographies Project: Beaches Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whitstable, Kent: 21\/22 September 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first meeting of the sequence of events entitled \u2018The Topographies Project\u2019 is on the theme of Beaches\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0will take place in Whitstable, Kent in September 2015. On Monday 21st\u00a0September, a symposium will be held at the Hotel Continental, Tankerton Beach, Whitstable from 10am until 5pm. In the morning a session entitled \u2018Contested Spaces\u2019 will address and discuss issues of access to beaches \u2013 reflecting on local issues of access, as well as the relatively recent Supreme Court decision concerning access to Newhaven (Sussex) beach under the law pertaining to village greens and commons. In the afternoon a series of panels will investigate the \u2018Pleasures and Dangers\u2019 of beaches in the imaginary – ranging from the allure of beaches as liminal spaces of potential, to the significance of beaches as thresholds of beginnings and endings, and as places of refuge too often denied. In the evening, there will be readings, performances and projections. On Tuesday 22nd\u00a0September, a field trip along the North Kent coast will visit sites which track the evolution of this coastal zone from beaches which offered, firstly, a place of privileged retreat and pleasures; traces of which survive but were virtually erased as the coast became a popular setting for mass tourism and affordable retirement from London; through to a then dramatic fall into seemingly terminal economic and social decline. The contemporary question is whether and how this decline is now being challenged as the North Kent Coast havers between UKIP\u2019s protectionist fears (particularly focused on immigration), and the aspirations of people \u2018down from London\u2019 crafting potential for one form of regeneration in patterns of cultural (especially foodie) gentrification. The \u2018cultural clash\u2019 of old and new Kent on the north coast is nowhere more visible than in Whitstable \u2013 where our trip will end at 4pm.\u00a0If you are interested in attending the symposium, the evening readings, or in joining the trip along the coast, please contact either Anne Bottomley (a.b.bottomley@kent.ac.uk<\/a>) or Ben Hickman (b.hickman@kent.ac.uk<\/a>). Spaces are limited, so please contact us asap.<\/p>\n

Supported by: The Faculty of Social Science (UKC), Kent Law School and School of English<\/em><\/p>\n

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SCHEDULE FOR THE MONDAY SYMPOSIUM<\/strong><\/p>\n

10.00-12.30 Two Beaches, One Case: Questions of Access, Property and Rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A discussion investigating the impact (on such cases as Whitstable) and the reasoning of the judgment in R (on the application of<\/em> Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council and another<\/em> [2015] UKSC 7.<\/p>\n

Contributions from: Donald McGillivary (Sussex), Elaine Sherrat (KLS Law Clinic Solicitor) and Geoffery Samuel (KLS). (whitstablebeachcampaign.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Chair: Phil Hubbard (UKC).<\/p>\n

12.30-13.30 Lunch<\/strong>,\u00a0with film (by Simon Robinson) projected in seminar room.<\/p>\n

13.30-14.30 Contested Thresholds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Herd (UKC) \u2018The View from Dover (https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/essay\/view-dover<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mark Vacher (Copenhagen) \u2018Broen\/\/Bron – How a Dead Body can form a Region.\u2019<\/p>\n

Chair: Harley Ronan (Brussels\/4 Cities).<\/p>\n

14.30-15.50 Sensual (and other) Pleasures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pau Obrador Pons (Sutherland) \u2018Placing Touch on the Beach.\u2019<\/p>\n

Victoria Brooks (Westminster) \u2018Entanglements and Folds.\u2019<\/p>\n

Lavinia Brydon (UKC) \u2018The People\u2019s Pier Project.\u2019<\/p>\n

Chair: Lucy Finchett-Maddock (Sussex)<\/p>\n

Break<\/strong> 20 mins.<\/p>\n

16.10-17.30 Topographical Features.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rupert Griffiths and Lai Wei \u2018Engaging with topographies and traces\u2019. (https:\/\/publicarchaeology2015.wordpress.com\/lia-wei-rupert-griffiths\/<\/a> and www.fragmentedcity.net\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Patrizia Muscogiuri (Salford) \u2018The Shore of the Wor(l)d. Liminality and Agency in Virginia Woolf’. (http:\/\/salford.academia.edu\/PatriziaMuscogiuri<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Nathan Moore (BBK) \u2018The Limit\u2019.<\/p>\n

Chair: Anne Bottomley (KLS).<\/p>\n

17.30-18.00 Final discussion <\/strong>(Facilitated by Anne Bottomley and Ben Hickman).<\/p>\n

18.15 Walk along Tankerton Beach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

19.00\u00a0Dinner.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

20.00\u00a0Evening Performances\u00a0<\/strong>with Rod Edmond, Claudia Molitor and Patricia Debney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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