Question 2: geographical journeys
Last week I sent you out of the classroom to find a space or place you might visit whilst doing/reading/performing geography. Here you sat and began to sketch out an autoethnographic timeline of your developing identity as 'a geographer'.
Where did you start your journey as a geographer? How old were you? What key events, ideas, people or experiences stand out on your journey so far?
You’re about to go on another psychogeographical journey with Michael Mayhew. What do you expect from this? Are you excited? Nervous? Annoyed?
Where did you start your journey as a geographer? How old were you? What key events, ideas, people or experiences stand out on your journey so far?
You’re about to go on another psychogeographical journey with Michael Mayhew. What do you expect from this? Are you excited? Nervous? Annoyed?
posted by Sara @ 3:07 pm
4 Comments:
At 6:40 pm,
Anonymous said…
Looking back my interest in geography probably began in secondary school where my geography teachers were my favourite at the time, this continued through to college where my main geography teacher gained my interest particularly in human geography and urban form. Saying all this however my interest in the urban form led me to Sheffield University to initially study urban studies and planning, after deciding that the course wasn’t for me I then realised I was a geographer and geography was the only degree I would consider.
At 7:48 pm,
Anonymous said…
My journey into geography has been somewhat a reluctant one, as I enjoyed it at both GCSE level, and also at A level, yet there was a never a true moment of clarity as of when I really thought 'geography is the subject for me'. Saying that though, no matter what its always managed to creep into my life, all my friends were on the same course and the geography teacher I had in secondary school was a big influence, he also ended up transferring over so he could do some teaching with us at our 6th form college. So when the opportunity to do Geography at Manchester came up, I just thought what the hell, and ran with it.
At 6:01 pm,
Anonymous said…
Geography was one of the first subjects I dropped at High school, together with History and languages. I was good at Mathematics and Arts. Right after High school I started to study Architecture, I had to quit this because of RSI. Then I had to find out again what I liked most, and that appeared to be urbanism and cities. At Human Geography in Amsterdam I could learn the most about cities, that’s why I went there. So now I study the subject I hated most at school…
I don’t expect anything from the psychogeographical journey with Michael Mayhew, because I have no idea who he is.
At 9:35 am,
Sara said…
I'm glad you approve of 'bohemian geography' as you so aptly describe it! I might rename the course...
The great man did eventually turn up - and he will be back...! :)
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