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CONTENTS

   - How to be a rock
   - Leathershed Lab at Unbox
   - Talks
   - Publications

HOW TO BE A ROCK

Last month I spent a day in a small town of 2,000 people in Perthshire,
Scotland, with the following group of people: a blacksmith; a book maker; a
soldier turned master mead maker; an artist whose work explores how we
interact with the ecology of the earth; a student of the ecosystems to be
found in dry stone walls; a curator of artist-led walks; a man who helps
youth hostels reinvent themselves; a botanist who specialises in sphagnum
moss; another artist who makes outfits that disguise you as a rock; a
public arts funder; someone from a field studies centre where one can see
the Clouded Drab (a rare moth); a fiddler who organises traditional music
festivals; a nurse who leads healing walks; a designer of natural golf
courses; a raspberry farmer; an outdoor education provider; the tutor at a
forest school; a felter and knitter; a man who =E2=80=9Dhated going to the
potatoes=E2=80=9D; a breeder if ill-disciplined Hebridean sheep; a man who =
studies
lumps and bumps in the landscape; a digital arts producer; a bare foot
walker; a designer of water cleaning systems; a book festival organiser;
and a countryside steward. Our task was to imagine new ways for residents
and visitors to connect with the ecological and cultural assets of The
Cateran Trail. This 64 mile (103 km) circular track, in the heart of =E2=80=
=98Big
Tree Country=E2=80=99 in central Scotland, has no real beginning or end. It=
 takes
its name from the feared cattle thieves who once raided these rich lands.
The burial place of Guinevere, Queen of King Arthur, and a setting of
stones thought to be a Viking burial site, are both in the vicinity; so
too, once, was the richest abbey in Scotland.

Among the ideas we came up with were encounters in which people learn: how
to be still; to perform as a choir on the Trail, or how to grow speciality
Scottish chillies. One group proposed a learning farm; another, an
apprenticeship in how to build a dry-stone dyke.

This workshop was a warm-up for Cateran=E2=80=99s Common Wealth, a two year
programme of cultural and ecological activities - at the intersection of
active learning, creative place-making, and sustainable tourism - that
begins next year. Clare Cooper, its co-founder, explained the background:
=E2=80=9CSome things belong to all of us: the biosphere on which we all dep=
end; our
cultural heritage and history; our language; our skills in managing the
land; our myths and our musical traditions. The Cateran Trail exemplifies
this common wealth. By connecting the physical presence of the Trail with
the ancient metaphorical power inherent in path walking, and path making,
we will revalue this shared inheritance and find new ways to sustain it for
future generations=E2=80=9D.
Common Culture, UK <http://commonculture.org.uk/>
LEATHERSHED LAB AT UNBOX

On Saturday 12 December, together with Mansi Gupta, I=E2=80=99m running a w=
orkshop
at the UnBox Festival <http://unboxfestival.com/> in Delhi. We will develop
the programme of a Lab, to be situated at the heart of India=E2=80=99s larg=
est
leather-producing region, that will develop products and services that
combine clean forms of leather making with direct connections between
between producers and customers. In preparation for UnBox, the leather
ecosystem of Kanpur =E2=80=93 its people, skills, and cultures =E2=80=93 wi=
ll be documented
in a publication and short film.
Leathershed lab, a workshop at unbox
<http://www.doorsofperception.com/city-eco-lab/leathershed-lab-a-workshop-a=
t-unbox/>
TALKS

The world is not short of ideas =E2=80=93 so why invite me to talk, or run =
a
workshop?
I updated the explanation here: Doors of Perception, Talks
<http://www.doorsofperception.com/talks/>
RECENT PUBLICATIONS

*Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion* Edited by Kate Fletcher
and Mathilda Tham. (My chapter is called *A Whole New Cloth: Politics and
the Fashion System*)
Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion
<http://katefletcher.com/publications/books/routledge-handbook-of-sustainab=
ility-and-fashion/>
FOR SALE

For the same price as a bedsit in London, Stockholm or Paris: for sale a
big townhouse in the South of France. <http://www.ganges.biz>

CONTACT

Contact me (John Thackara, Doors of Perception) by Email
john at doorsofperception.com
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<h2>CONTENTS</h2>
<ul>
<li>How to be a rock</li>
<li>Leathershed Lab at Unbox</li>
<li>Talks</li>
<li>Publications</li>
</ul>

<h2>HOW TO BE A ROCK</h2>
<p>Last month I spent a day in a small town of 2,000 people in Perthshire, =
Scotland, with the following group of people: a blacksmith; a book maker; a=
 soldier turned master mead maker; an artist whose work explores how we int=
eract with the ecology of the earth; a student of the ecosystems to be foun=
d in dry stone walls; a curator of artist-led walks; a man who helps youth =
hostels reinvent themselves; a botanist who specialises in sphagnum moss; a=
nother artist who makes outfits that disguise you as a rock;  a public arts=
 funder; someone from a field studies centre where one can see the Clouded =
Drab (a rare moth); a fiddler who organises traditional music festivals; a =
nurse who leads healing walks; a designer of natural golf courses; a raspbe=
rry farmer; an outdoor education provider; the tutor at a forest school; a =
felter and knitter; a man who =E2=80=9Dhated going to the potatoes=E2=80=9D=
; a breeder if ill-disciplined Hebridean sheep; a man who studies lumps and=
 bumps in the landscape; a digital arts producer; a bare foot walker; a des=
igner of water cleaning systems; a book festival organiser; and a countrysi=
de steward. =E2=80=A8=E2=80=A8Our task was to imagine new ways for resident=
s and visitors to connect with the ecological and cultural assets of The Ca=
teran Trail. This 64 mile (103 km) circular track, in the heart of =E2=80=
=98Big Tree Country=E2=80=99 in central Scotland, has no real beginning or =
end. It=C2=A0takes its name from the feared cattle thieves who once raided =
these rich lands. The burial place of Guinevere, Queen of King Arthur, and =
a setting of stones thought to be a Viking burial site, are both in the vic=
inity; so too, once, was the richest abbey in Scotland. </p>

<p>Among the ideas we came up with were encounters in which people learn: h=
ow to be still; to perform as a choir on the Trail, or how to grow speciali=
ty Scottish chillies. One group proposed a learning farm; another, an appre=
nticeship in how to build a dry-stone dyke.</p>

<p>This workshop was a warm-up for Cateran=E2=80=99s Common Wealth, a two y=
ear programme of cultural and ecological activities - at the intersection o=
f active learning, creative place-making, and sustainable tourism - that be=
gins next year. Clare Cooper, its co-founder, explained the background: =E2=
=80=9CSome things belong to all of us: the biosphere on which we all depend=
; our cultural heritage and history; our language; our skills in managing t=
he land;  our myths and our musical traditions. The Cateran Trail exemplifi=
es this common wealth. By connecting the physical presence of the Trail wit=
h the ancient metaphorical power inherent in path walking, and path making,=
 we will revalue this shared inheritance and find new ways to sustain it fo=
r future generations=E2=80=9D.   =20
<br><a href=3D"http://commonculture.org.uk/" target=3D"_blank"> Common Cult=
ure, UK</a></p>



<h2>LEATHERSHED LAB AT UNBOX</h2>
<p>On Saturday 12 December, together with Mansi Gupta, I=E2=80=99m running =
a=C2=A0workshop at the <a href=3D"http://unboxfestival.com/" target=3D"_bla=
nk">UnBox Festival</a> in Delhi. We=C2=A0will develop the programme of a=C2=
=A0Lab, to be situated at the heart of India=E2=80=99s largest leather-prod=
ucing region, that will develop products and services that combine clean fo=
rms of leather making with direct connections between between producers and=
 customers. In preparation for UnBox, the leather ecosystem of Kanpur =E2=
=80=93 its people, skills, and cultures =E2=80=93 will be documented in a p=
ublication and short film.<br>=20
<a href=3D"http://www.doorsofperception.com/city-eco-lab/leathershed-lab-a-=
workshop-at-unbox/" target=3D"_blank">Leathershed lab, a workshop at unbox<=
/a>


</p><h2>TALKS</h2>
<p>The world is not short of ideas =E2=80=93 so why invite me to talk, or r=
un a workshop?<br>
I updated the explanation here:  <a href=3D"http://www.doorsofperception.co=
m/talks/" target=3D"_blank">Doors of Perception, Talks</a>

</p><h2>RECENT PUBLICATIONS</h2>
<p><strong>Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion</strong> Edited=
 by Kate Fletcher and Mathilda Tham. (My chapter is called <i>A Whole New C=
loth: Politics and the Fashion System</i>)=E2=80=A8
<br><a href=3D"http://katefletcher.com/publications/books/routledge-handboo=
k-of-sustainability-and-fashion/" target=3D"_blank"> Routledge Handbook of =
Sustainability and Fashion</a></p>

<h2>FOR SALE</h2>
<p>For the same price as a bedsit in London, Stockholm or Paris: for sale <=
a href=3D"http://www.ganges.biz" target=3D"_blank">a big townhouse in the S=
outh of France.</a></p>


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