Have you ever sat in a Geography lesson and wondered why you were learning about the different shapes of volcano, push and pull migration and the precipitation cycle? Me too, so for some reason I took Human Geography (the one without rocks and soil) at University and the world was opened up to me, quite literally.
I amassed a wealth of useless information about Brazilian governments, Militant Liverpudlians and colonial hangovers all the while becoming a master of pub quizzes – £22,000 in fees was obviously worth it. I keep gathering up this ‘useless’ information about the world and its people so thought I should put it to some use and let people know what Geography was really about.
This blog will be about all of the fascinating insights Geography has allowed me to see, from what made Argentinian mothers bang their pans in protest in the 1980’s, to why tarmac is so important in the DRC.
I’ll be posting about my job at an international NGO as well, because it’s funny and I hope it gives aspiring Geographers an idea of what you can do with your skills. Hopefully I’ll coerce some interesting Geography buddies into the odd post too…
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