Throughout May I shall share ideas for National Fieldwork Week - one per day...
Find out more about National Fieldwork Week here.
Walking is one way to appreciate a place, even one which is local and apparently well known to the students.
“I can think of few better ways to help young people become more knowledgeable, engaged with and perhaps respectful of their local environments and communities than to get them studying their local area – from its historical geography to the current social, environmental and economic processes shaping the places they live in.”
Dr Rita Gardner, Director, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
There has been much written about the power of a dérive: a walk with a purpose in local areas.
This slide deck outlines some of her approaches.
These are well worth exploring.
Also check out the Derive App.
This offers a guided route through an urban area.
Thanks to Sharon Witt for introducing me to Ruth Broadbent's work engaging with landscape through walking and talking.
The week has the theme of CHANGE.
If you do use this, or any other of the ideas I share, please let us know about what you do. We will be asking people to share their outcomes in various ways. Remember that the theme is CHANGE.
Use the hashtag: #nationalfieldworkweek
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