Woohoo we’ve made it to week three of term! There’s some great events taking place this week… we’ve got our first CUGS speaker event, a discussion on decolonisation and a discussion of the arguments for becoming vegan. 🌾 As always,… Read More »Coming up this week: 22nd October – 28th October 2020
Fear is innate within our human nature. Ever since our origins as a species protecting the resources vital for our survival has been ingrained within our being. Water. Food. Shelter. Therefore, it is not surprising that when someone tells you… Read More »What the Coronavirus pandemic has done to Eco-Anxiety among young people
In this installment, we look at Sophie John’s dissertation, a third year at Corpus Christi College. Her research uses Foucault’s work to examine Instagram’s visual culture and associated discourses surrounding women’s health. What is your dissertation about? My dissertation looks… Read More »Dissertation Diaries: Instagram and women’s health
This week there should be an exciting range of events to keep you occupied, from discussions of food security during COVID-19 to the problems with fast fashion! Information about the time of events is correct at the time of publishing,… Read More »Coming up this week – 15th October – 21st October 2020:
Interview and article by Sophie John, 3rd year geographer at Corpus Christi College. Emily, although you may know her as Lemonem, graduated from Queen’s college in 2016 with a degree in Geography. Since graduating she’s documented her life and passions… Read More »A chat with Lemonem
This week’s instalment of ‘Dissertation Diaries’ looks at Laura-Jane Buckley’s dissertation. Laura is a third year Geographer at Corpus Christi College, with her research focused on glaciology and GIS. What is your dissertation about? In my dissertation I investigate spatial… Read More »Dissertation Diaries: Surface changes of Eastern Pamir Glaciers
Welcome to the first week of term! This week we have a range of events lined up from decolonising law, which may be of interest to those taking Paper 6 at Part II, and Climate Risk Week starting on Monday… Read More »Coming up this week – 8th October – 14th October 2020:
By Olivia Byrne, 2nd year Geography Student at Newnham College. With many craving open spaces and countryside escapes this summer, we have seen that National Parks and beauty spots such as Dorset and the Lake District have attracted a large… Read More »Dorset – A literary landscape
Lucy Page, a third year Geographer at Downing College, tells us about her dissertation which focuses on the sexualization and Americanization of sterotypical Hawaiian hula girls. What is your dissertation about?Inspired by Jean and John Comaroff’s (2009) work on the… Read More »Dissertation Diaries: Hawaiian hula girls
For those new to Cambridge or to the blog, welcome! 💚🌳 In this section we give you the rundown of some of the best events of interest to us Geographers. This year will be slightly different with most events taking… Read More »Coming up this week: 1st October – 7th October 2020