Keynote speakers

In my research, I attempt to think learning spatially to acknowledge the fundamentally relational and deeply affectual coming-together of ideas, histories, and doings. I am therefore interested in how learning takes place within various geographical and ideological landscapes, and how these affective framings allow for hesitation and dwelling, which I link to the emergence of new knowledge. This geographical re-conceptualization of learning aims to take into account the various ‘others’ with which humans sense and think, and probe the educational politics linked to these landscapes.

My presentation will concentrate on the future of geography education in a restless world, and particularly its connections to the everyday geographies of young people. By emphasizing this connection, I aim to approach learning as fundamentally geographical, thereby extending the politics of education to include not only issues of policy, student wellbeing and social justice, but also fold everyday spaces and affective experiences, as well as planetary wellbeing, into the equation. I suggest that participatory geography could be one fruitful path to hearing from those we teach, and making space for young people’s meaningful engagement with their education, and Earth.