Geography Directions
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Geographical expertise applied to the issues that matter most. An @RGS_IBG blog.
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Joined April 2009
*New post* by James A. Fraser (@LancsUniLEC) ✍️ 'Common use and collective freedom: Amazonian Forest Peoples reimagine the commons'. Read the full blog 👉 https://t.co/WaQKjgGmLo
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By James A. Fraser, Lancaster University When sixteen forest communities along Brazil’s River Manicoré won legal recognition of their Território de Uso Comum (TUC, the country’s first territory bas…
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'Reduction of exposure to one specific hazard through resettlement doesn't guarantee improvement in living conditions.' Read more in Christos Tsampoulatidis's blog, 'Urban river livelihoods: why moving communities isn’t always the answer to floods' 👇 https://t.co/l4CBq9qmxl
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*New post* by Christos Tsampoulatidis 👇 'Urban river livelihoods: why moving communities isn’t always the answer to floods' Read the full blog ✍️ https://t.co/l4CBq9qmxl
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'By combining the strategic clarity of missions with the participatory ethos of well-being frameworks, policymakers might finally bridge the gap between national ambition and local agency.' @DrJayneGlass (@NRHUatUU) & @MarkShucksmith (@UniofNewcastle)📝👇 https://t.co/NnofmtWUOd
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'These findings and resources speak to how the discipline will unfold, what research will shape this (or be excluded), who is able to participate in this process, and the working conditions under which this will take place' - the States of Precarity team. https://t.co/QxJThPKBOs
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'From colonial land surveys used to dispossess Indigenous peoples, to the “gay-friendly” city guides and Indigenous countermaps, maps have always marked the battle lines of legitimacy and erasure' - @DougSpecht. Reposted via @conversationuk 👇 https://t.co/7Tz2RO9ORs
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'The 1925 disaster shows why state oversight of private infrastructure is vital when public lives depend on it. It also offers a model of resilience, one that is legislative as well as communal' - Lynda Yorke & @G_leipheimer Reposted via @ConversationUK👇 https://t.co/vm3jfRemvp
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New post by @DrJayneGlass (@NRHUatUU) and @MarkShucksmith (@UniofNewcastle) 👇 'Reimagining rural policy through mission-led governance' Read the blog ➡️ https://t.co/OUyEzsI48a
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New post 📣 'States of Precarity: new Report and Best Practice Action Plans' Read the full blog by the States of Precarity team here 👇 https://t.co/QxJThPKBOs
@SquireRachael @DrJesson @JohanneMBruun @rachelcolls @ahjackman @jazz_joanes
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New post by @DougSpecht (@UniWestminster) 📣 'Secret Maps at the British Library reconsiders the lines that shape our world'. Read the full article, reposted via @conversationuk 👇 https://t.co/7Tz2RO9ORs
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New post by Lynda Yorke (@BangorUni) and @G_leipheimer (@SalfordUni) 📝⬇️ 'When the dam broke: the 1925 disaster that reshaped a Welsh community and a country’s safety laws'. Read the full post here, reposted via @ConversationUK 👇 https://t.co/vm3jfRemvp
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'By recognising pilgrimage as a legitimate social intervention, we create sustainable resources that serve local communities whilst revitalising under-utilised heritage routes'. Read the full blog by Jaeyeon Choe (@CaledonianNews)👇 https://t.co/VxVyBZSMqg
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By Jaeyeon Choe, Glasgow Caledonian University What do you do and where do you go when you grieve? This simple question reveals a significant gap in the UK’s approach to bereavement support. …
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'It falls on us as educators to be willing to listen and to bear our share of the burden to facilitate communication rather than continuing to passively allow that burden to fall on our autistic learners' Blog by @Agpaitic_Adam (@KeeleGGE) et al. 👇 https://t.co/SPPYpnr24V
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'We need to find ways for the public to be involved with planning & therefore imagine future solutions. There is much to be gained from sharing personal stories & to remind ourselves that compromise will happen' Read @aledsingleton's (@CUGeogPlan) blog 👉 https://t.co/Y4B4nzFkNd
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By Aled Singleton, Cardiff University The use and form of towns and city centres change over time. In recent years high streets have lost department stores and other well-known names. Equally funda…
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*New post* by @Agpaitic_Adam (@KeeleGGE) et al. 📝 'Empowering autistic learners in geosciences' Read the full blog here 👉
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By Adam Jeffrey, Steve Rogers, Kelly Jeffrey, Jamie Pringle, Mark Lucherini, Martin Griffin Imagine being a university student and having to pretend to be someone that you are not every time you le…
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*New post* by Jaeyeon Choe (@CaledonianNews) 👇 'Grief pilgrimage and social prescribing: geography of healing' Read the full blog 🔗 https://t.co/VxVyBZSMqg
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By Jaeyeon Choe, Glasgow Caledonian University What do you do and where do you go when you grieve? This simple question reveals a significant gap in the UK’s approach to bereavement support. …
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New post by @aledsingleton (@CUGeogPlan) 📝 'What participatory geographers can contribute to studying urban renewal over the long term' Read the full blog 👇 https://t.co/Y4B4nzFkNd
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By Aled Singleton, Cardiff University The use and form of towns and city centres change over time. In recent years high streets have lost department stores and other well-known names. Equally funda…
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'These gardens are not just about alleviating hunger. They challenge neoliberal logics that treat land as a commodity and people as passive consumers. They remind us that cities can be made differently, from the ground up' - Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira. https://t.co/IArp7iXVVK
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By Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira, University of Leeds Community gardens may look like simple patches of vegetables, herbs and flowers. But beyond this they are places of survival, resilience, and quiet r…
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*New post* by Rory Coulter (@UCLgeography): 'Understanding social and spatial patterns of overcrowding in England and Wales'. https://t.co/xiL1Ms8mWJ
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By Rory Coulter, University College London One of the few things that Britain’s political parties agree is that the country faces a housing crisis. One sign of this is overcrowding, where people li…
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*New post* by Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira (University of Leeds): 'Cape Town community gardens: growing justice' https://t.co/IArp7iXVVK
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By Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira, University of Leeds Community gardens may look like simple patches of vegetables, herbs and flowers. But beyond this they are places of survival, resilience, and quiet r…
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