ABSTRACT
At one time considered a contender for UK UNESCO World Heritage Site status, Berwick-upon-Tweed is a small regional town on the English–Scottish border. The origination of artist-in-residency programmes is often attributed to the Artist Placement Group (APG). Inspired by this return to APG, this chapter considers Belgian artist Sander Van Raemdonck’s residency in Berwick as a ‘placement’. It gives particular attention to CRE as the placement ‘organisation’. With the notion of ‘half of the work’ in mind, the chapter also considers how Sander participates in CRE research, with a focus on instances of intersection between Sander’s placement and rural planning practice in the ‘context’ of Berwick-upon-Tweed. In opposition to the canonised or authorised discourse, heritage is increasingly described as relational. The chapter suggests that the research placement supports a relational understanding of the heritage experience.
