The Daily Geographer

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14477598124925066352024-12-19T05:08:40.082+00:00The Daily GeographerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-77856531949705848512010-09-27T11:26:00.004+01:002010-09-27T11:32:45.038+01:00Infographic of the Day - How Segregated is Your City?

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-61789160237258003782010-06-22T21:46:00.012+01:002010-06-23T03:33:47.939+01:00GAW: Rags, riches, and alternative recycling

This post is part of the Geography Awareness Week series.Topic: Sustainable Urban AreasView Larger MapThere are no charity shops where I live. There are no vintage shops. In fact in all my 14 years of living there, I have never once heard of any car-boot sales or clothes swaps or Gumtree-esque websites.It seems that Shenzhen, a city of 8.9 million people, lacks something fundamental - that is,

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-3930813715314275852010-06-21T14:08:00.009+01:002010-06-23T03:05:18.918+01:00GAW: Geography Awareness Week begins today!

In accordance with the Geographical Association's Geography Awareness Week, this week we'll be looking at various topics surrounding the theme of 'The Big Picture: Tackling Global Issues', namelyPopulation GrowthUK Food – Self SufficiencyDisaster ManagementClimate ChangeUK Energy Dependency – How Bad Is It?Inequalities in ConsumptionSustainable Urban AreasYeah. Time to get those noggins a-joggin'

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-16206821768326800752010-06-03T23:37:00.004+01:002010-06-04T00:50:19.687+01:00Magnificent Maps - British Library free exhibition

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-76149070501149440372010-06-02T23:32:00.003+01:002010-06-04T00:34:27.130+01:00What is 'a geographical point of view'?

When you're supposed to be doing a geography dissy, but have been wading knee-deep in education and information studies literature all along, you're bound reach that dreaded jamais vu stage where you suddenly blurt out,What the heck is geography anyway?? How does this stuff differ from sociology or education or whatever?I had such an identity crisis a couple of days ago. I took the question with

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-46479668001812914702010-06-01T23:18:00.016+01:002010-06-04T00:45:10.696+01:00Going to the British Library, Boston Spa

This is a follow-up to the post on 'how to get hold of obscure books'.Locker key, meal card, and visitor badge. Shiny!I went to the Boston Spa Reading Room today and got my paws on that long-coveted book:D (This isn't the best time for me to go on any day-long excursion really, but the uni's minibus service only runs once a month and I'd be out of Sheffield by the next timeslot...) For first time

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-26408624755151520922010-05-31T19:46:00.000+01:002010-06-01T20:05:32.930+01:00Bricks and Brass - when was that house built?

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-7859115385133541862010-05-28T20:11:00.000+01:002010-06-02T02:19:50.649+01:00Postcode Portraits - reading the British landscape

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-42481594363154938262010-05-26T23:43:00.004+01:002010-05-27T00:01:21.682+01:00Sheffield Weather - the local weather experts

A: I wonder if it's going to rain?B: [Whips out mobile phone] 100% humidity? You bet!A: Hey it's raining!(This dialogue took place in Crookesmoor.)

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-78115601355415933352010-05-21T19:41:00.006+01:002010-06-02T02:40:13.060+01:00How to get hold of obscure books

We've all been there - after aeons of paper chasing, you come across the holy grail of your research area...only to find that the library doesn't stock it, and buying a copy will leave you £103 poorer...or maybe that's just me. Anyhow, if you ever find yourself pining for an elusive book, this checklist might come in handy.Check the university libraryNo, really. Star catalogue has a few annoying

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-22909188952247146522010-05-20T23:29:00.005+01:002012-02-29T21:10:16.926+00:00The Island of Research

I saw this charming map on somebody's office door yesterday. Isn't it the best? (Click on image for details)A transcript of map features (detours in square brackets):BEGIN HERE → (Sea of Theory) Bay of Literature → City of Hope → Jungle of Authority → Problem Range → Pinnacle of Dogmatism → Peaks of Confusion → HYPOTHESIS → Money Pass [→ River of Words] → Study Design → Instruments → Entreé

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-84749811285782927792010-05-19T18:07:00.003+01:002010-05-19T18:10:23.720+01:00Sounds Familiar? Accents and Dialects of the UK

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-39253619704628464292010-05-18T19:40:00.006+01:002010-05-18T22:27:21.524+01:00The end of stats

With Monday's lecture, second-year statistics came to an end. Getting all emotional over a module is probably a bit silly, but thankfully I'm not the only one! While I did 'decide to enjoy' this module at the beginning of term, I still had doubts: all my life I've been told I suck at maths - might this module reduce me to a blubbering wreck on the floor of the MASH office? It turns out those

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-29143379102746911992010-05-17T05:00:00.001+01:002010-05-19T06:11:46.982+01:00The north-south divide in practice

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-42555090398650528882010-05-14T17:16:00.001+01:002010-05-16T17:17:28.739+01:00Wanderlust - explore history's greatest journeys

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-45524936920675389772010-05-12T23:17:00.013+01:002010-05-13T21:55:00.565+01:00Double, double toil and trouble - voting chaos at a glance

This election was a mess and you know it. Polling stations across the country were caught by surprise as 'unprecedented' numbers of people turned up to vote. People got disenfranchised. People got angry. The smug ones started asking, 'you've been given 15 hours to vote. Plus a choice of postal votes. What went wrong??' Here's what went wrong.Shortage of ballot papersToo many voters, not enough

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-89469108083749203362010-05-11T21:03:00.004+01:002010-05-11T21:13:33.705+01:00Icons of England - a portrait of our cultural landscape

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-52410659921474721042010-05-06T20:25:00.004+01:002010-05-19T06:11:46.985+01:00A vehicle for change

'Vote now,' says the car, 'VOTE!!'

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-4605052036506209872010-04-29T23:43:00.000+01:002010-04-30T03:45:26.269+01:00Cake & sandwich sale - fundraising week at geography

Next week, 4th - 7th May, third-year and Masters students along with the Geography Society are hosting a week-long cake and sandwich sale to raise money for the charity Friends From Marich Pass in Kenya. Sparked by the slow progress of the construction of a new health clinic in one of the local villages, Tikit, students have decided to raise money as a way of 'giving something back' to those

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-8454470965778887732010-04-28T23:43:00.005+01:002010-04-29T00:01:51.781+01:00BBC People's War, Rationing - extraordinary tales of food

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-35308017738054197852010-04-27T21:58:00.001+01:002010-04-27T23:59:23.698+01:00Strange Maps - for your curiosity

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-27169958777757144612010-04-26T23:12:00.004+01:002010-04-27T00:10:48.246+01:00Where's your five-a-day?

Image from PostSecretFresh fruit and veg and meat are expensive, highly perishable, and bland compared to processed food.71% of consumers are aware of the government’s 5-a-day target but only 55% meet the target.- FSA 2007, via Changing Families, Changing Food projectBut sometimes I secretly wonder, wouldn't all the money spent on alcohol and ready meals and confectionery be quite enough to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-34411793877238268902010-04-23T16:55:00.002+01:002010-04-23T16:56:06.910+01:00Grapevine 19

'You can be sat on a toilet with a laptop, logging onto Facebook...'- Debbie on disembodied identities'Trains are the worst ones: everyone can stare at your screen!'- Debbie on off-line surroundings shaping on-line identities

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-39878564222856256492010-04-22T14:00:00.001+01:002010-04-22T14:00:02.054+01:00Sheffield geographer casts inequality in new light

Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901642188809377654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447759812492506635.post-6664156152830553112010-04-21T14:46:00.006+01:002010-04-22T01:28:40.675+01:00Dissertation - progress checklist

So the dissertation proposal deadline is approaching. For everyone prone to worrying their heads off, here is a checklist of essential things you should have done by now. (Compiled with help from a qualified geographer...who shall go unnamed for now:))Progress ChecklistDecide on a topic and aim - what's your dissertation about?Summarise the context - why does your research matter?Read the

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