Cultural Geography Blog

  My wife went to Margate last weekend and got me this postcard from Turner Contemporary, as she knew I'd been working on a resource based around Fish and Chips. She was there to see Nile Rodgers and Chic do a gig at Dreamland. The postcard features an instantly recognisable drawing by the illustrator  Olivier Kugler. It shows the global spread of Fish and Chips. It relates to a commission for some art to be placed in 2021. The background: The commission shares everyday stories of migration connected to Kent’s most celebrated high street food. For the ‘Kent Fish & Chips’ Project Kugler and Humphreys have interviewed owners, staff and customers at Fish & Chips shops across Kent. Migration and displacement are central themes. Fish & chips can be traced back to Huguenot and Jewish arrivals in the UK and people from all over the world continue to be central to the farming and fishing industries and the high street shops. Featured Fish & Chip shop owners are: Beach...

Another wonderful Olivier Kugler image in the G2 end of year cartoon special, that I finally caught up with yesterday. This one looks at the life of FATIMA: a refugee from Somalia. Case study was taken from REFUGEEWOMEN website. Olivier is someone whose work I admire greatly. He draws from life: he particularly enjoys drawing on location, or from reference photos of places that he has visited. Each drawing has a wonderful sense of 'place', and there is a strong element of cartography to his work. Below is an example for those who don't know his work: of the King's Arms pub... Image copyright: Olivier Kugler Like this ? Check out Olivier's website . It would be great to have Olivier's contribution to 'My Places' in Teaching Geography... Check out his SHETLANDS TO CUBA images too...

While looking for something on the use of levels (and even worse, sub-levels) in assessing pupil work, I was reminded of a project that I blogged about back in 2006! It was a trip made by the artist and illustrator Olivier Kugler . He made a journey from the SHETLAND ISLANDS to CUBA .. Olivier's website has a range of wonderful illustrations which give a real 'sense of place' for the locations that he visited, as well as reportage. More media to use in the classroom... Adapt for student use ?