Name: By Creating We Think - Patrick Geddes and the Futures of Edinburgh
Start: 2025-02-22T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-22T17:00:00+00:00
Location: 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom

By Creating We Think - Patrick Geddes and the Futures of Edinburgh

The revolutionary 19th century Scottish social thinker, ecologist and town planner Patrick Geddes saved Auld Reekie from demolition and made it an international cultural hub. As part of Edinburgh's 900th Anniversary, this event now looks to the future. Artists, writers, activists and thinkers open pathways into ecology, culture and creativity for a city rich in local, national and international identities.
Open to all with an interest in the future direction of culture and creative society in Edinburgh and beyond. Join us throughout the day for a range of discussion and conversations, with free tea and coffee and a book exchange in the Storytelling Court.
A. By Leaves We Live
- Re-Naturing a Nation (with writer Mandy Haggith)
- Greening the City: Bridgend Farmhouse (with John Knox and Will Golding)
- Discussion opened by Andrew Bachell, Environmentalist and Chair of TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland)
B. Think Global, Act Local (Cultures in Conversation)
- Geddes and India (with environmental artist Kenny Munro and storyteller/writer Neel Debdutt Paul)
- Geddes, France and Europe (with Tom Hubbard and the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland)
*Lunch break (not provided)*
C. Place, Work, Folk
- Remaking and Restoring (a participative session led by producer/curator Claudia Zeiske)
D. By Living We Learn
- Geddes, Tagore and Education (the work of Stewart A. Robertson and Bashabi Fraser, introduced by Donald Smith)
- The Making of Books (with Murdo MacDonald)
- A Geddes Future in Edinburgh’s Old Town (with Sam Gallacher, Director Scottish Historic Buildings Trust)

Presented by the Sir Patrick Geddes Trust and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival for Edinburgh 900.
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