Archive for the ‘Cultural Geography’ Category

Disneyification – one step towards a global culture…

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Just think this is funny, thanks to Ollie Bray.

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And it snowed…

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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and snowed…

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and closed.

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Year 11, please use the addition time to complete your cultural one assignment, which should be with me by the end of the day.

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World Culture

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

I’ve updated the cultural geography page, to include some resources for discussing the development of a global culture.

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Questionmarc – Nottingham’s answer to Banksy?

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Nice bit of Cultural Geography, useful for the final presentation related to place…

Questionnmarc, hero to some, villain to others, loving their use of space to highlight issues in Nottingham.

First it was the lack of public toilets, the city is keen to promote Nottingham’s nightlife, but the redevelopment of the Old Market Square has left no public toilets, walking to work after the weekend is a highly aromatic experience…

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Then a comment  about tourism in the city, where is Robin? Particularly topical after the closure of Nottingham’s only Robin Hood attraction, the Tales of Robin Hood.

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Images are courtesy of Questionmarc.

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Brit’s Olympic Aussie Taunt…

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Interesting bit of cultural geography (next topic for Year 11), what are they trying to say about the British? Watch the full video here.

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Got to mention…

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

the Olympics (otherwise G will get upset ;) ) .

Enjoyed the opening ceremony, but it made me wonder how London was going to compete, myself and Miss T texting and discussing how it was all about geography and history. Interesting selective view of Chinese history; culture promoted by the state, therefore dominant culture. Also displays of Chinese multiculturalism, with different ethnic groups being represented during the ceremony. From an entertainment viewpoint, very stunning.

I’ve eventually come to love the B.B.C. amine for the games.

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Some things I found interesting…

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

On Thursday Google had this image…

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I wonder why. This is another example of an extreme environment. Nice panorama here.

Some interesting cultural bits.

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Why do Americans know less about the world?

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Interesting little video, U.S. news coverage bucking the globalisation of media stories. Would this be the same for U.K. subjects?

(It’s FireFox viewing, external link here.)

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Congratulations

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

We have now moderated your cultural geography work, over the next couple of days you should be receiving an email from me with your overall mark. Everyone should be pleased, just the exam to go. Everything is now in your hands. :)

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Final call… Year 11 Cultural Geography

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

I’m very please by the quality of people’s multi-media presentations, and thank you for those that requested additional time. I’m expecting the rest tomorrow, unless you have negotiated an extension. :)

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