As I left the Geography Camp, the afternoon sessions were about to get underway, with some body explorations, massage, freewill, guerrilla geography and plenty more... I also missed out on the late night wide games in the local woods.This last post is the start of what will be a longer term reflection on what came out of the weekend.
A few things that I took away:
a) the importance of getting out of your comfort zone now and again and talking to people who aren't involved in geography education, as well as those who are...
b) some plans for Christmas, after a long conversation with Steve Bunce, which touched on a whole range of topics, from gaming to cheap cider...
c) some interesting leads to follow up on with some possible further projects to develop into 2013
d) a copy of Mission:Explore Food which my son claimed for his bedroom
e) my winning pub-quiz glow stick which was still glowing two days later
Here's a report from one of the Geography Camp participants describing some bits of the camp that I had to miss:
Thanks once again to all who came... we're already thinking about the next camp. Come and join us.
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A few things that I took away:
a) the importance of getting out of your comfort zone now and again and talking to people who aren't involved in geography education, as well as those who are...
b) some plans for Christmas, after a long conversation with Steve Bunce, which touched on a whole range of topics, from gaming to cheap cider...
c) some interesting leads to follow up on with some possible further projects to develop into 2013
d) a copy of Mission:Explore Food which my son claimed for his bedroom
e) my winning pub-quiz glow stick which was still glowing two days later
Here's a report from one of the Geography Camp participants describing some bits of the camp that I had to miss:
Matthew Minns, dressed as a dinosaur, engaged everyone with some public philosophy.. challenging them to think about freedom, freewill and boundaries, before Christina Greenland, a Dance Movement Therapist, led the group through a creative and deep session on intuitive movement, introducing the idea of 'arrival' in movement, exploring our inner-landscapes and thinking about the social, political and environmental layers that make us who we are, before going outside the move in the woods as the sun set and the moon lifted...
Rebecca Leever, Massage Therapist, gave a short and poetic talk linking science, art, body and landscape through the sense of touch. Talking about our bodies as maps, the workshop ended with everyone sharing fantastic hand massages.
The evening session included sharing by Anthony Barlow on ideas for derive exploration in primary schools, Emily Nash on craftivism (craft-activism) and then Daniel Raven-Ellison on guerrilla geography days in 2013.
After dinner we invented a Vampire-based outdoor wide game that involved torches glow sticks, evade and capture.
On Sunday morning Dr Jess Allen shared her beautiful psychogeographical installation film on relationships with windfarms in Wales and talked about activist walking. She was followed by Anne Fousse (https://twitter.com/
The camp ended with Daniel Raven-Ellison presenting Mission:Explore and how it can be used to inspire and support curious, creative, critical and active geography-based explorations and initiatives in school and beyond
Thanks once again to all who came... we're already thinking about the next camp. Come and join us.
Subscribe to the Geography Collective blog.
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