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Trees, texts, and place-based education: the pedagogic potential of literary geography
No full textThis chapter explores the pedagogic potential of literary geographies by critically reflecting on a programme of work with secondary schools and a further education college in Greater Manchester, UK, that has heightened young people's attentiveness to local trees. The opening section explains how this work forms part of a wider interdisciplinary project, 'Voices of the Future: Collaborating with Children and Young People to Re-Imagine Treescapes', and situates the research within the context of some key principles in place-based education. The chapter then considers some of the pedagogic affordances of literary geographical thought and practice by reflecting on the design and delivery of educational activities focusing on a particular species: the Manchester poplar. Crucially, the chapter also discusses some of the challenges encountered when using interdisciplinary literary geographical approaches within learning environments that are invariably shaped by the institutional entrenchment of individual disciplines. The chapter ends by arguing that the introduction of a new Natural History qualification in the UK offers hope for the development of genuinely interdisciplinary pedagogic approaches that braid geographical thought, literary critical practice, and creative writing to invite young people to pay attention to the local and the near-at-hand
The Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies
No full textThe Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies provides a comprehensive overview of recent research and a range of innovative ways of thinking literature and geography together. It maps the history of literary geography and identifies key developments and debates in the field. Written by leading and emerging scholars from around the world, the 38 chapters are organised into six themed sections, which consider: differing critical methodologies; keywords and concepts; literary geography in the light of literary history; a variety of places, spaces, and landforms; the significance of literary forms and genres; and the role of literary geographies beyond the academy. Presenting the work of scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, each section offers readers new angles from which to view the convergence of literary creativity and geographical thought. Collectively, the contributors also address some of the major issues of our time including the climate emergency, movement and migration, and the politics of place. Literary geography is a dynamic interdisciplinary field dedicated to exploring the complex relationships between geography and literature. This cutting-edge collection will be an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in both Geography and Literary Studies, and scholars interested in the evolving interface between the two disciplines
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