May 29: a different view

Back in 2009, I was working for the Geographical Association. 

The GA's HQ is in Sheffield and for 2 or 3 days a week I would head up to the office, staying overnight at a colleague's house in the city.

During that time, helped with funding from the Action Plan for Geography, we produced a "manifesto" for geography...

The GA’s 2009 manifesto for geography, A Different View, described geography as ‘one of humanity’s big ideas’ and made a compelling case for geography’s place in the curriculum. It was produced and funded by the GA, as part of its charitable role to advocate for geography education. 

The aims of the GA’s manifesto for geography were to:

• support the professional activity of geography educators
• engage teachers and senior leaders in professional dialogue about the key role of geography in a modern curriculum
• engage young people with the wider world, helping them explore the issues that are important to them locally and globally

I helped put together a video to help with the launch of the manifesto. This was created using a website called 'Animoto'.

There were some images that we identified from the publication itself and added in some text of the main themes.

I then had to source some music and make sure that the music matched the images. 

The first thing was to identify some music that matched the original vibe. I went for an instrumental version of a track called 'Release'. This was created by the band 'Afro Celt Sound System'.

This meant changing a few settings and also contacting the music publisher and paying for the rights to use the music along with the video....

Here's the final version which had its premiere in a packed room at the GA Conference in 2009.