Sounds Geographical Arthur J Kelly Senior Lecturer in Education Liverpool Hope University Primary National Conference Young Geographers: Our Future!

Sounds GeographicalSounds GeographicalArthur J Kelly

Senior Lecturer in EducationLiverpool Hope University

Primary National ConferenceYoung Geographers: Our Future!

Overview Overview

• Music and emotion• Music and place• Music and cultural understanding• Music and geography• Next steps

BackgroundBackground

• Cultural Geography

• Affective Domain

• Ethnomusicology

• Education

It’s a wonderful worldIt’s a wonderful world

• What are your feelings when you watch the wonderful world presentation?

Desert Island Sound FilesDesert Island Sound Files

• What five tracks would you put on your MP3 player if you were going to spend time in isolation.

• What influenced your choices?

Music and Identity: Cultural Roots

Music and Identity: Cultural Roots

Pop Hip Hop R n B Country and WesternClassical Jazz SoulHeavy Metal Reggae

Classic places Classic places

Lyrical geographiesLyrical geographies

• Song lyrics often contain place names or other geographic references and these can be used as a stimulus for enquiry.

• Around the world in eight(y) songs?

Where in the world? Stereogeographies

Where in the world? Stereogeographies

• Consider your response to the pieces of music played and where you think they may be from.

• Ireland Vietnam Cuba India Brazil• Can you think of particular musical

instruments that are linked to particular places or cultures?

Musical Mystery Tour of Africa

Musical Mystery Tour of Africa

Music can be used as a stimulus to develop geographic skills

Music and cultural routes: Beyond Boundaries

Music and cultural routes: Beyond Boundaries

• England• Brazil• Canada• USA• South Africa

Next stepsNext steps

• Top ten strategies – which would you like to try out and why?

Resources:Resources:

Resources:Resources:

• http://www.singup.org/• www.songlines.co.uk • http://www.putumayo.com/en/

putumayo_kids.php• http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/

resources/

PlenaryPlenary

• In groups discuss what you feel the key points have been

• Music and emotion - interdependence

• Music and place/culture - diversity• Music and cultural understanding• Music as a stimulus for geographical

enquiry

Key Concepts underpinning the geography curriculum

Key Concepts underpinning the geography curriculum

Cultural understandingand diversity

Human and physicalprocesses

Environmental interaction and sustainable development

Interdependence

Scale

Space/ Location

Place

Technical noteTechnical note

• To edit music and create the ‘snippets’ used in the session free software called Audacity was used. You can download this from

• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/