Nostalgia for the English countryside is common, but what of the English city? Urban Nostalgia is, for many, a desire for a city that once was. The Garden Museum will present a panel discussion online on July 15 at 12:00 noon Eastern time.
Where could we locate the accounts of the cattails or arrowheads that sat beside the Pudding Mill River, or the trees that populated the Clay Lane Estate and the Eastway Cycle Circuit – places that were lost in the development of the Olympic Park? Whilst children play on the re-landscaped Eythorne Park, would they believe the stories of the hills that once stood where they play?
Part II invites attendees to explore the etymology of the term and its validity today. With gentrification changing the soundscape and landscape of the city, Urban Nostalgia beckons for us in the city to remember sights, smells, tastes and noises that bring forth experiences of old.
Speakers include Dehlia Snoussi, Curator (Contemporary London) at the London Museum; author, curator and musician Gabriel Dedji, and Garden Museum Director Christopher Woodward. £10 Livestream. Register at www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/
