Geography: Who Makes a Place? – Tutorial with Dr Lazaros Karaliotas from University of Glasgow

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In this Geography session, Dr Lazaros Karaliotas, Senior Lecturer in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at University of Glasgow, will run an interactive talk for students on the Place Making Process entitled Who Makes a Place?

How does a city emerge? Planners draw up plans, architects design buildings, councils regulate land use. But cities are much more than planning and design. This raises a broader question: who actually makes a place?

Using examples from everyday urban life, the session explores how places are shaped by many different actors – from councils and developers to workers across the city’s infrastructures and services, local businesses, communities and the people who live the city every day. Through their work, investments, decisions and everyday activities these actors help bring the city into being and keep it running. At the same time, different groups often develop very different ideas about what a “good” place should be, and cities emerge from the tensions and negotiations between these competing visions – including questions of whose city is being made, and at whose expense.

This interactive session introduces this perspective and invites you to reflect on what an “ideal city” might look like from different viewpoints.

The full context/introduction to this live and interactive discussion is provided in the Headliner recorded video below. This recording can be watched as a class activity or independently in preparation for the session.

Lecturer Profile: Dr Lazaros Karaliotas

Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. There is no charge to take part.

As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.

Suitable for: Aged 16+ pre-university students studying, or with a possible interest in studying, Geography and related disciplines. Student groups as well as students and teachers joining individually are very welcome.

Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students are asked to watch the Headliner video in advance of the session and consider the points and questions introduced. Students can also think about questions about studying at university level.

The IT Setup: The event will be run on Zoom and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the speaker via typed comments and questions and/or via a microphone. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.

Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below:

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