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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 s...

Birmingham

Cold War Steve's collages have provided a regular commentary on the (lack of) competence and self-serving nature of politicians in our government for some years now, and are all works of art, with some regular themes emerging during that time in the way that certain individuals are represented, and with links to other popular culture as well as classic works of art.  Other pieces are produced for particular events, such as the Queen's Jubilee 2022. There are also jigsaws of certain pieces as well for those who want a challenge. They make excellent gifts for the right person in your life. He has produced an affordable sized A3 print to coincide with the closing of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Benny’s Babbies (King Kong vs Mechanical Bull Special Edition). Signed! Only on sale until Monday. šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡ https://t.co/ADEkHxArg0 pic.twitter.com/VQls6uvZVl — Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) August 5, 2022 I have one ordered to be framed for the geography classroom to use as an ex...