I was one of the people who presented on the first evening of Charney 2023.
We were welcomed to the Solar: the wonderful room where sessions were held, by the organisers: Mel Norman, Steve Rawlinson and SharonWitt.
The first presentation was by Dr. Paula Owens.
We used to be colleagues at the Geographical Association during the Action Plan for Geography and worked on a number of projects together. She worked with Giles Darkes (Historical Association) on a project that was given Research England funding) and used the Historic Towns Trust maps.
An historical map is a modern map showing the history of the town — not a reproduction of an old map.
Each of our printed maps include an introduction to the map, and a history of the featured city or town. They also include a gazetteer providing a brief history of the main features shown on the map.
All of our printed maps are at a scale of 1:2500 (about 25 inches to the mile). They carry illustrations in the form of engravings, watercolours or early photographs, and 'topic boxes' related to points of interest specific to the town.
These full-colour maps are produced as a folded sheet in a card cover.
A new map of Cambridge is coming out in June.
She talked about "locational significance" which is an interesting term.
My session will come in the next post.
Richard Greenwood spoke about Forest Schools and different options for outdoor education.
Jennifer Liston was one of the Irish delegates, from Limerick particularly and she spoke about the importance on reflection. She referenced Stephen Brookfield's "4 lenses" for this. She also referenced the work of Joe Usher exploring multiple perspectives. She talked about a framework that could be used for any place, and not just a specific place focus.
She referenced work on the continent of Africa and whether this might be too big.
She suggested that there were four things to consider when planning an area:
- personal experience
- pupils' knowledge
- voices from the places
- stories: literature and other resources
She mentioned a resource called Toga the Dancing Goat.
Jeremy Krause then led a more discussion based section where he asked the question: 'Where are we?' - would be a good focus for a session with young people.
This was followed by a rather nice evening meal and then out to The Chequers for some beers before settling in to my accommodation.
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