| Examining who migrates, the variety of reasons for doing so, the nature of people’s journeys and the places they travel through, how they travel, ways this affects them, whether they are where they intended to arrive, what it means to settle anew in a place, and their receptions, aspirations and futures at the end of their journey; likewise, it challenges preconceptions, attitudes and values and behaviours people hear about and see; the variety and diversity of peoples’ lives in other parts of the world, what their lives really are like, the range of their circumstances, their opportunities and limitations living there, and how they feel about and deal with the situations they are in, and what they might change for whom; about who receives what remuneration in the journeys of resources people use, such as of bananas and chocolate, why this is, the fairness and justice in it, the range of impacts on people and places, others’ perceptions of them, and the extent to which people think about this and their role and impact on others; the variety of local food stores and supermarkets and their relative pricings, why this is, how accessible they are, who uses them, why and for what; equally, the perspectives on their customers of those who run local stores; the existence and accessibility of take-away ‘fast food’ providers, what they provide, who uses them, how often and why, and at what cost, alongside where these providers obtain their resources, what the weekly use patterns are, and what the store staff perceive about their customers; who are their customers, and with what impact on surrounding streets and in homes; the small desecrations of streets, parks and other sites by those who create graffiti, drop cigarette butts and who do not clear up their dog’s excrement, creating the interesting and the unsightly, concerns they can cause, and who has to deal with these aspects of disregard for others and the environment - if that is what they are; the number, variety, locations and roles of charity shops, their purpose in a locality, why there might be several in one neighbourhood or shopping area, their uses, by whom, how their presence is perceived, and the ‘messages’ their presence give, positive and negative; evidence about the UK’s and other nations’ colonial pasts in an area, the variety of ways it appears, whether people know or care about this, and why some people have concerns about it, as well as the impact of the removal (or retention) of ‘memorials’ or changes to them and for whom, and how people rethink their perspective on a place or site; the reality of people changing, for instance, to driving electric vehicles, the impact of much increased use of electricity in society, its generation and transmission from renewable energy sources, nuclear generated or fossil fuel based, its impacts and effects on streetscapes, landscapes and seascapes, the effects on rural and urban environments, and people’s perceptions of multiple electrical features; the reduction in industrially farmed meat and the ‘greening’ of other agriculture practices, such as the practicalities and impacts of increasing crop farmland and production to feed a global population, as well as food preparation for, transportation and marketing, and the effects on livelihoods and health, alongside the rewilding of places, what this means and for whom; the ‘throw-away’ clothing culture in which many people live, driven by constant changes in fashion and having and wearing the latest items, where these items are made, who makes them and how they are remunerated, their working conditions, the sources of the materials used and their production, where items are sold, the disparities in prices and for whom, reusing or discarding items, matters of waste and recycling or the lack of this, and who, what and where all these matters affect, how and why. the geography of having a particular nationality, of its meaning in the home country and elsewhere, the meaning and experience of national citizenship in a geographical context and a diverse nation. |
La geografía primaria como desafiante, incluso peligrosa