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A Question of Belonging

Submitted by TTTAdmin on 29 July 2008 - 1:57pm.

Heart & Soul

Date and time:

9 Oct 2008 - 7:30pm - 9 Oct 2008 - 9:30pm

Organizer:

Sophy Banks

Venue:

Bogan House, Totnes

Price:

£2 (£1 concession)

Brief description (3 lines max):

A Question of Belonging: ‘Where do you belong? Who does Totnes belong to?’A Fishbowl discussion exploring our connection to place.

We’ve called Totnes a ‘Transition Town’’…says who? What right has any group to think about the focus of a place? How long do you have to live in a place to say that you really come from there and can speak with any legitimacy on behalf of your community? Few people pass the land that they live and work from generation to generation many in our society move from place to place, often many times in a lifetime. What effect does this have on our sense of belonging? Can we truly belong to a place where we weren’t born, where we didn’t grow up? The Heart and Soul group of Transition Town Totnes is hosting an open discussion called ‘A Question of Belonging’ on the Tuesday 8th October to explore this. They will be looking at what happens if we do not live the place where our ancestors lived, whether we lose our connection to the past, and even our sense of responsibility for the future.

This evening is a great chance to create a space where we can explore these ideas together and the deeper questions of belonging that are there for all of us. How long different people have lived here and their relationship to the town comes up often. How many generations your family need to live in a place to truly belong? In our transient, fast-moving society, how many of us really feel a connection to where we live? Many of us who grow up here but can’t afford to live here now. When do so-called ‘blow-in’s naturalise?

‘A Question of Belonging’ discussion will take place on Tuesday 8th October from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Bogan House, Totnes High Street.Cost £2 / 1 concessions. Everyone welcome. “Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished. Even the rocks, which seem to be dumb and dead as they swelter in the sun along the silent shore, thrill with memories of stirring events connected with the lives of my people, and the very dust upon which you now stand responds more lovingly to their footsteps than yours, because it is rich with the blood of our ancestors, and our bare feet are conscious of the sympathetic touch. Our departed braves, fond mothers, glad, happy hearted maidens, and even the little children who lived here and rejoiced here for a brief season, will love these sombre solitudes and at eventide they greet shadowy returning spirits. “ - Quote from Native American Chief Seattle

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