Concrete, skills and concepts Room N405 Workshop 6 Angus Willson Places People Want Robert Thompson cartoon removed for copyright reasons Man faced with community jigsaw of thousands of pieces: Uggh, without a big picture to follow its impossible

Living Geography: places people want Concrete, skills and concepts Eight components of sustainable communities a) points of view b) evidence and meaning from photographs Hand-out of References and links Two publications: Making Places: creating sustainable communities ASC about… place making

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Alternative futures If one of the main purposes of education is to prepare young people for the future then where in education are they given the opportunity to explore that future? Preferable Current Trends Probable

Living Geography captures geography which is: Current and future oriented Local but set in wider (global) contexts Investigates change processes Evaluates change Where will I live? – exploring the key concept of place The bigger concepts

Eight components of sustainable communities

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Living Geography: places people want Concrete, skills and concepts Angus Willson