There are two interrelated contexts:
1. History, and how history can be active and part of the present, because of its impact on the way we live, and make decisions, today. This may seem obvious, but is important to reiterate, because we are apt to forget (Santayana: 'those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it'), and remembering is particularly important during times of crisis (Marx noted that, in such times of crisis, we turn to the past for inspiration). So, our relationship with history relates, especially, to the second point:

2. Ecology and sustainability: in the current ecological crisis, a key component of change is to do with finding new forms of experience, and how a historical returning might work to spring us forward. It is the radical changes that took place during the epoch (Pembrokeshire in the 1970s) which are under scrutiny, the gaps between rhetoric and activity, archives and memories. Here, then, is an attempt to salvage allegory (or meaning) from the 'enormous condescension of history' (Walter Benjamin), via the rags and riches, successes and failures, and individual experiences.

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Working with CREW (Centre for Regeneration Excellence in Wales) and INSPIRE (Institute of Sustainable Practice, Innovation and Resource Effectiveness), a conference was held near Cardigan, on 5th October 2013. The context was rural regeneration and sustainability, and it examined the connections and gaps between social, cultural & historical processes and planning, or policy-led, processes. It looked at perceptions of the rural, following themes such as the role of food production, urban/rural relationships, social networks, heritage and how places form identities. Geographers, planners, policy-makers, cultural critics and artists, shared visions of the past and the future. For more information, see: www.makinghome.org.uk