Download - Pecha kucha
Near In the City (NIC) – lessons on city in the
Web and outdoors
Researcher Virpi Hirvensalo, Department of Geography and
Geology, University of Turku
Okfestival, Helsinki 20.9.2012
Website for education on urban
environments
City and its various places are in the focus of learning
STREET – NEIGHBOURHOOD – BROWN FIELD – PARK – CITY CENTER
STREET
•What is a street?
•Living street
•Street as a public space
•Frightening street
•Street as a space of presentation
Descriptions of places
Texts, photos, video & audio clips, links to other web pages, hints of additional literature, excercises, etc.
Observation
Interactive map
Photo-gallery
METHODS for studying places
Word association
-game
Orientation to a subject matter
Research in the field
Presentation of results
Sensory walk
Interview
Web page / news paper
analysis
Concept map
Mental mapping
Video / audio presentation
Participative planning tool
Person-alizing a picture
Three toolkits with varying extents
Small toolkit: ”Learn the terms”
Medium toolkit: ”Familiarize yourselfwith places”
Large toolkit: ”Grab the study”
½ -1 hours. Learn concepts related to urban surroundings by reading texts, listening audios and watching videos. Do a short excercise in a classroom.
4 hours. Study materials in NIC, choose the suitable method(s) for your excerciseand realize it in a classroom or outdoors.
20 hours. With your small group, carry out a mini research project basing on a model of a progressive inquiry.
”Grab the study”
Planning a mini research project
Practicing field research by sensing, observing, interviewing…
Creating a presentation
Sharing results
Results of small groups as a map presentation of PaikkaOppi
Thank you!
Contacts:Virpi Hirvensalo
Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku
[email protected]:lahellakaupungissa.fi