26 Hutton Highlights Some dates for your diary Date Event Location Notes 25 June 2023 The Royal Highland Show James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen An annual event, showcasing the best of food, farming and rural life. 4 July 2023 Arable Scotland James Hutton Institute, Balruddery Farm, Invergowrie, Arable Scotland aims to bring together the key players in food production from farmers to distillers and exporters 10 August 2023 Potatoes in Practice James Hutton Institute, Balruddery Farm, Invergowrie, The largest field-based potato event in the UK The International Barley Hub (IBH) is holding a seminar series with events running every fortnight through 2023. To find current information on the next seminar please see their website. The Advanced Plant Growth Centre (APGC) is holding a seminar series with events running every fortnight through 2023. To find current information on the next seminar please see their website. December 2022 27 The Royal Highland Show 2022 highlights On St Andrew’s Day, the James Hutton Institute joined forces with author and map artist, Andrew Redmond Barr, to explore the historical, cultural, societal and scientific impact of maps. Author of the Atlas of Scotland: A Vision of a Nation, Andrew hand-draws maps to illustrate Scotland’s history as an ancient kingdom of Europe and show how Scotland’s topography has shaped where people live and how this has influenced their artistic response to their environment. Senior scientist Dr Mike Rivington from the Institute contributed his expertise in maps from the perspective of climate change projections. His maps provide insight into the future on how we can use the land and what we can grow; all of which will have a huge impact on how we live as a society. Dr Annabel Pinker, also from the Institute, gave a different perspective on mapping – looking at how we can make maps of place (as bodily, sensory, and feeling experiences) rather than simply territory. She compared the way that maps, used in development processes, tend to depict land as an abstraction, through which place and local meanings, are erased in favour of speculative infrastructural futures. She used local examples to point to the ways that such creative forms of local mapping can make visible what planning maps often mask. Haggis was served at the event, along with potatoes grown at the Institute! The Art of Mapping James Hutton is often regarded as the founder of modern geology, his research reset the world view on the Earth’s processes and made possible other major theories such as continental drift and the theory of evolution. However, many people still know so little about this key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. We were delighted to launch the 2022 Scottish Geology Festival by hosting ‘A conversation on James Hutton: the man and his legacy’ with Alan McKirdy. The event provided an insight into Scotland’s fascinating geological past, present and future, discussing James Hutton’s work and legacy of challenging conventional thinking which underpins the work of the James Hutton Institute today. Professor Colin Campbell, the Institute’s Chief Executive, said: “Hutton’s approach epitomises the Institute’s purpose, intent and values. He was willing to stand up to dogma, based on the rigorous pursuit of observation and science. He actively sought out and fostered opportunities to engage and collaborate with others across a wide range of disciplines. He was, by nature, highly creative and driven by curiosity about the world, but he also had a practical mindset and sought uses for his ideas around agriculture.” James Hutton’s legacy launches Scottish Geology Festival Comments? Enjoying the Magazine? Feedback Survey How are we doing? We would love to hear from you, is there anything we could do better? We want to know how you prefer to consume the magazine and what is some of our best features. Please take a few minutes to fill out of feedback survey.
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