Exploring cultural geography field course using story maps

This article explores the use of Story Maps in a cultural geography field course that uses a place-based approach to understand the Delta Blue's culture. In this study, Story Maps was used to capture and map student experiences as they engaged in a field study. Student experiences are captured...

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Published in:Journal of geography in higher education 2019-04, Vol.43 (2), p.201-223
Main Author: Mukherjee, Falguni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American Culture
Cartography
Cooperative Learning
Cultural Awareness
Field Instruction
fieldwork
Geographic Information Systems
Geography
Geography field course
Geography Instruction
Human Geography
Mapping
Music
Narratives
Photography
Place Based Education
Slavery
Spatial Ability
Story Maps
Student Experience
Student Projects
Students
Undergraduate Students
Video Technology
Visual Perception
Web Sites
Websites
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Summary:This article explores the use of Story Maps in a cultural geography field course that uses a place-based approach to understand the Delta Blue's culture. In this study, Story Maps was used to capture and map student experiences as they engaged in a field study. Student experiences are captured by incorporating different data mediums such as narratives, personal reflections, digital photos, videos and website. Such a project has the potential to challenge students to work collectively and present a coherent story of their field experiences. This, in turn, can be used to improve the design and experience of a field course. The study demonstrates that the availability of simple web-based mapping platform such as Story maps provides students the ability to harness technology to create geocoded narratives, visual representations and spatial documentation to map their field course experience.
ISSN:0309-8265
1466-1845
DOI:10.1080/03098265.2019.1597031