A Teachmeet presentation

1. “Place is security,
space is freedom”
Yi-Fu Tuan

2. turning space
into place

3. A place comes into existence when
humans give meaning to a part of
the larger, undifferentiated space.
(Tuan)

4. Challenge for educators?
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5. Some ideas to help students
to (re)connect with place

6. Fake planning notices…
What would you miss
from your local place if
it was to disappear?
“Our proposal is to turn The Chocolate Box into a KFC. The reason
for this is because Wellington does not have a fast food takeaway
and we have a lot of cafes.”
If you disagree with this please tell us on our website

7. “We are proposing to change NatWest, Fore Street, into ‘Wellington
reptile house’. The reptile house will be funded by Amphibian Inc; and
NatWest plan to be moving to Swansea. Sorry for any inconvenience.”

8. Think inside the box…

9. Landscape in a box
Venice by Melissa…

10. Landscape in a box
Katie’s box..
representing
Ha Long Bay,
Vietnam

11. Katie describes her
box…
I have always lived in Halong
Bay.
Here, on our little Bar-hang
we are born, we fish, we die.
We spend our lives floating
about in the bay, never
stepping on land.
Life here is peaceful, no bills,
no loud streets or tires
screeching.
We live here. In the grasp of
nature.
By Katie Drohan

12. The “real” HaLong Bay…

13. What do places sound
like?

14. Fieldwork: Investigating topocide…

15. Find evidence of
topocide
Go somewhere you like that is in danger of
disappearing or changing forever. What is
threatening to kill this place?
Take photographic evidence and submit it to
your local authorities.
Topocide is the 'killing of a place' and can result in buildings,
landscapes and meaningful places being lost forever.
http:/www.missionexplore.net/mission/Find-evidence-of-topocide

17. Be on TV…Put on a performance for a CCTV
controller. You could improvise a short play, show off
a dance routine or hold a full blown talent show.
Bring the ghost pier back to life… Spot the ghostly
remains of Westward Ho!’s Pier at low tide. Bring the
pier back to life in your mind and draw what you
think it may have once looked like.
Write a strange(r) play… Go to a charity shop and buy some
random clothes that used to belong to other people. Draft and
perform a short play about the strangers who used to wear the
clothes.
RIP… Find the oldest person buried in your local
graveyard. Leave a flower on their grave.

18. The TV studio at the end of the world
Underground,
somewhere
near Bristol…
Fake planning notices project: http://wellingtonplans.wordpress.com/
Landscape in a box: http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2012/02/landscape-in-a-box-vol-1/
Soundscapes in a box: http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2012/03/soundscapes-in-a-box/
Mission Explore: http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2012/03/soundscapes-in-a-box/
Photos: all © Noel Jenkins // www.edgecity.co.uk