Mapping Everyday Geographies Paula Owens

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Mapping Everyday GeographiesPaula Owens
Hirwaun Primary School
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• Words from MYWALKS http//nuweb.northumbria.a
  c.uk/mywalks/info.php
• Its about voicing our own opinions on our
  neighbourhoods 
• Its about exploring what you hear and/or notice
  yourself hearing as you walk through your local
  environment
• Its about running your fingers along a wall,
  picking leaves off a hedge, walking barefoot in
  the summer
• Its about the smells that take us back to very
  specific places and times in our past
• http//nuweb.northumbria.ac.uk/mywalks/info.php

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MYWALKS Its about What flicks our switches?
What turns us on? What tickles us? What makes
us look? What makes us listen? What makes us
touch? What disgusts us? What makes us sigh?
What frustrates or irritates? What intrigues
us? What makes us ask 'how' or why'?
http//nuweb.northumbria.ac.uk/mywalks/info.php
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What makes us smile? What makes us feel warm
inside? What makes us slow down? What makes
us forget where we're going, or where we came
from? What makes us take the long way round?
What makes us make a beeline? What stops us
in our tracks? What makes us LOOK again? What
makes us think? What do we LOVE? What do we
HATE? http//nuweb.northumbria.ac.uk/mywalks/inf
o.php
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I found a crab!
From Primary Geographer Autumn 2008
Is it a crab?
Theres sharks in there! And snakes and worms!
I think it was pinching someone and someone
stomped on it. I think this crab has lost his
body!
Theres water down there (checks sand around
gingerly) Oh its not too bad!
I found a worm!
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Can you see the unexpected ....... in the
everyday? How can you record your responses
geographically?
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Task using the range of maps provided, walk
around the short route suggested or choose one of
your own . Work in small groups and capture your
own impressions of the walk. You may wish to use
one or more of the suggested techniques and
prompts to help structure your walk or you can
develop your own. Journey strings tie souvenirs
and finds from your walk onto the string in
sequential order use these prompts to recall
and map. Emotional mapping focus on feelings
along the way , either choosing the range of
responses before hand or freely responding in
different places. Activity mapping what are
people doing? Sound and textures rubbings and /
or recording sounds along the way Environmental
Quality focus on the quality of the environment
what criteria will you use? What will your
focus be?
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Emotional mapping? Texture mapping? Special
spots? Sketching? Digital recording? Activity
mapping? Environmental quality? Sound
mapping? Using journey strings?
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How will you record your impressions along the
way?
Sketches, drawings, rubbings? Digital images,
audio or video? Words? Symbols? Artefacts? Ove
r to you!
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When you get back, make a map of your journey
You have Large sheets of paper, A range of
pens, stickers, glue, post its and
crayons Internet connection to upload digital
media and use digital mapping REMEMBER THIS
IS REAL WORLD MESSY MAPPING!
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Choose one of the following maps printed off
and laminated - to help you
www.multimap.com - postcode search OS map view
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www.multimap.com - postcode search aerial view
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http//maps.google.com/ - map view
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www.quikmaps.com map view add emoticons, routes,
comments
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Some outcomes
Mapping Sounds and Signs
We used different colour post -its to map
human and natural sounds as you can see we
found very little of the latter!
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Activity Mapping what are people doing here?
We didnt want to follow the suggested route but
went instead to St Pancras Station and mapped
everyday activities using a floor plan provided
to give us some idea of outlines and direction.
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Food for thought going global in your local!
We were amazed by the range and diversity of the
eating outlets on offer and the links to the
global dimension. Our journey string was used to
collect food related items along the way.
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Looking Up!
We called our map Looking up and taking this
viewpoint we found lots of exciting views and
noticed things we wouldnt have normally paid
attention to.
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How much of this did our activity cover? Quite
a lot!

• Maps and Geography
• Maps provide geographical information to help
  appreciate
• where somewhere is
• planning or seeing a route
• what an area is like
• distributions and patterns on the land
• sense of scale and size
• a sense of place
• comparison with other places

Simon Catling http//www.geography.org.uk/projects
/gtip/thinkpieces/makingmaps/
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What elements did our messy maps have? Quite a
lot!

• The Elements of the map
• Perspective the view from above using plan
  shapes, aerial/spatial layout
• Symbols how features are shown using pictorial
  and symbolic, and a key
• Location where features are using relative
  locations and grid systems
• Direction which way using relative directions
  and compass directions
• Scale distance and size using proximity,
  relative distances and sizes, and metric
  measurements
• Purpose what is to be shown using a title
• Selection what is to be included exploring
  decisions about content

Simon Catling http//www.geography.org.uk/projects
/gtip/thinkpieces/makingmaps/
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More Ideas
Mapping our Globe - Links Further Reading
http//www.geography.org.uk/resources/mappingourgl
obe/linksfurtherreading/top
Primary Geography Handbook Extension Project -
Maps and Stories (4-7, 6 9, 8 11)
http//www.geography.org.uk/projects/primaryhandbo
ok/mapsandstories/
Developing maps and affective mapping
http//www.geography.org.uk/projects/globaldimensi
on/learningactivities/maps/top This
presentation will also be available to download
from our professional networking site for the
Geography Champions network http//geographychamp
ions.ning.com