GAConf22: Scarified - mapwork for the extraordinary in the everyday - #92 of many

The latest in a series of posts showcasing sessions which are included in the programme for the GA Conference in April 2022.

Peter Vujaovic is one of the members of the team behind the project called Meaningful Maps. This has explored how young people represent their world.

I was pleased to be able to contribute some maps from my own school by asking my colleagues to work with some of our younger pupils. The lockdown has of course changed everyone's relationship to their local area.

Find out more about the project here.

A useful presentation document here from when the project was disseminated.

Scarified: mapwork for the extraordinary in the everyday - I like the sound of this session very much.

This session explores the use of maps and lidar imagery to introduce students to a sense of the past in the everyday. 

It takes the theme of ‘scarification’ – the gouges, gashes, grooves and hollows made by generations of humans, from quarries to driveways, to explore sense of place and the taskscapes of the past in their locality.

Prof. Peter Vujakovic, Emeritus Professor of Geography/Chair, British Cartographic Society’s Education Committee

Lecture KS3-P16

I recently joined the BCS's Education Committee which has opened up a new area of interest and opportunity and am looking forward to contributing to the work of the committee.