A glossary for you!

Dear Upper Sixth,

here is the glossary for you to complete for all three modules, leave a query on the FB page if you cant find any! Also, if you are resitting 4B, you have an email you should read!


U6th Glossary

Unit 4B fieldwork planning

Dear all

Many questions have come up about fieldwork, I have worked through one hypothesis, but here are my suggestions for an aim and what else should be included in a fieldwork question! See you all at 730 on the live blog.

Fieldwork

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the regeneration and conservation issues in Poole

Hypothesis 1:

The building of the Twin Sails Bridge will significantly reduce the congestion in Poole

Justification:

• The Old bridge was built in 1927
• It can halt traffic for up to half an hour
• it is not cyclist/pedestrian/disabled friendly
• Poole is a tourist Honeypot site and needs to improve facilities
• People commute into the centre of Poole for work in the services sector
• Poole has the European Ferry port

Method:

• Before and after traffic survey (see guidance on Moodle)
• Include new locations after the bridge is built and has been open for some time
• Count over a systematically pragmatic choice of locations over a given time period, same time in each location
• Us a group of geography students
• Possibly locate secondary data from Borough of Poole on their site. 
• Use a Mann Whitney U to compare results and assess for a significant difference

Risk Assessment:

• Students must wear High Vis jackets
• Groups of three as a minimum
• appropriate clothing and footwear
• Mobile Phone contacts to staff
• Areas with pavements chosen

Limitations:

• Only possible to do for one day as a group, would require a longer study over a summer and winter season to be significant
• Could not make it to Poole for morning rush hour with students, so would only reflect evening rush hour
• Bridge's and new road networks take a few months to bed in, and the old bridge will close for nine months this year in order to be refurbished. 
• Would be difficult to cover a weekend and weekday as a group of students. 

Hypothesis 2: 

The regeneration of the Hamworthy Gate site, will not have a significant impact on the environment in Holes Bay

Justification:

Method:

Risk Assessment:

Limitations:

Hypothesis 3:

The regeneration plans will significantly improve the quality of life in Poole

Justification:

Method:

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Live Session for Poole

Dear All

Thursday is the exam, so on wednesday, please submit any questions you have to the ticker, they will not appear immediately, but will appear at about 7:30 when I start the live session. Hopefully, we can cover most topics, but if you need to ask a question, this is the way! You can even replay it later if you aren't around tomorrow evening, but then, where else could you possibly want to be? Any question allowed, as long as it connects to Poole, bear in mind, the answers to your question will appear as fast as I can type!

Re-Imaging Communities Programme in Belfast

Dear All

This afternoon while the AS groups were in their exam, I did some research into initiatives having some success in Belfast with reducing the amount of division in the most deprived communities. I came across a scheme I feel are well worth discussing with reference to 4B - the Re-Imaging Communities Programme, set up by the Arts Council.




This programme started in 2006 and was created with a view to address the problems faced by Belfast in terms of the sectarian symbolism, from both sides that is clearly evident across Belfast today. Indeed we have discussed on many occasions in class that having such a vivid and public display or loyalty to one cause or another, or a mural designed to commemorate specific events from the Troubles, could lead to further feelings of segregation and separation within neighbourhoods. However, the murals are an important part of Belfast's past, and many do not want them simply white washed and removed from the streets. Furthermore, as the Student blog so accurately points out, progress cannot be made by simply eradicating culture and tradition, or the history of an area, no matter what that history is.

It can easily be argued however, that many of the murals were antagonistic, and could be viewed as aggressive or oppressive in nature, and in a community struggling to overcome its troubled past, many of these murals could be redesigned to portray a more positive and inclusive side to the city.

 This Shankill region Mural was redesigned with artist Ed Reynolds, who worked with Lower Shankill Community Association’s human rights group to create a mural that has contemporary relevance to all


Enter the Arts Council, they have now provided £3.5 million in funding for what has now become a collection of 123 new murals. The project has been community based from the start,  and is designed to make it accessible to all backgrounds and groups within Belfast. There are a number of organisations involved, including the  DFSD, NI Housing Executive, The Police and the Arts Council. The grants have been awarded to projects proposed that address the issue of community relations in some way, encourage cross-community or multiracial interactions and this has led to a number of new relationships being formed. 63% of the projects have been community managed, and have involved 6,893, with a further possible 2000 artists, consultants and volunteers.

The Executive summary of the review of the work can be found in the summary through this link

Here are some other examples taken from the review of the project in the Guardian

Before: a common paramilitary image of two silhouetted gunmen commemorates the Scottish Brigade of the loyalist UDA force

After: the new image by Tim McCarthy represents an event in July 1969 in Christopher Street when children digging in the rubble of the then demolished ‘Scotch Flats’ discovered a hoard of gold sovereigns

This is an excellent example of the new message that communities are trying to spread to the current generation, peace and co-operation over fear and segregation.

An excellent description of the project from the New Zealand Herald can be found here

The murals are also now a major tourist attraction in Belfast, see this website for a link to tours of the walls and some examples of the murals. This companies website has lots of photos of murals and outlines the arguments for not getting rid of them.

And finally a show uploaded to YouTube discussing the differing views on marching season and a tour of the walls

Part 1

We will watch part of this show in class next week if we have time, it is worth noting that this was part of a series called "Walls of Shame" and Belfast is by no means the only divided city. Check out some of the other episodes to look for parallels we can draw and other solutions. Remember there is no right or wrong answer, its all about justification!

We have now come up with two mediums to unite communities, the sports and the arts hold great power by making a public symbol of unity, as do organisations like NICIE. You need some suggestions for solutions, this would be a good start!

Happy reading and only 10 days left to go!

Millie