Cultural Geographies in Birmingham

A GA blog sharing news of a teacher toolkit which I was aware of when it was launched, but couldn’t make it.

One for ‘A’ level cultural geographers for sure, produced by Charlene Rose as part of her PhD research in the Ladywood area of Birmingham.

Caribbean cuisine and superdiversity in the Ladywood constituency, Birmingham

Details of the resource:

This case study was written by Dr Charlene Rose based on research undertaken for her PhD thesis and will be of use to those teaching the A level geography ‘Changing place; changing places’ theme. It considers how Caribbean restaurants and takeaways use their signage to advertise to the superdiverse Ladywood constituency in Birmingham, UK, and provides real-world examples for the changing places sub-themes:changing demographic and cultural characteristics economic change and social inequalities
food production, circulation and consumption cultural and artistic approaches to representing place
lived experience of place (i.e. how people see, experience and understand places) in the past and present
place making and marketing as revealed and contrasted in the work of a range of formal and informal agencies or their materials.

The lesson aims to help students:

understand the concept of ‘superdiversity’
understand how and why the UK demographics have changed since the Second World War
understand why migration may cause difficulties in entering the labour force
think about how a diverse population may inﬂuence how food is advertised
think about how and why food may change in a different country or area.

Check out all the details here.

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