Lost in Translation

Cross-Cultural Experiences in Teaching Geo-Genealogy

Bibliographic Data

ID11954014
AuthorsPaul Longley (0000-0002-4727-6384, University College London, corresponding author), Alex D Singleton (University College London), Alex Singleton (0000-0002-2338-2334, University College London), Keiji Yano (Ritsumeikan University), Tomoki Nakaya (0000-0002-3827-1012, Ritsumeikan University)
Year2010
Volume34
Issue1
Pages21-38
Publication date2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Geography in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-8265 • E-ISSN: 1466-1845
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03098260902982476
OpenAlexW2079733098
LanguageEN
References cited10

This paper reports on a cross-cultural outreach activity of the current UK 'Spatial Literacy in Teaching' (SPLINT) Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), a past UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant, and shared interests in family names between Japanese and UK academics. It describes a pedagogic programme developed for Japanese postgraduates and advanced undergraduates that entailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of the spatial distributions of Japanese family names. The authors describe some specific semantic, procedural and theoretical issues and, more generally, suggest how names analysis provides a common framework for engaging student interest in GIS

Cross-cultural · Excellence · Literacy · Outreach · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Geography Education and Pedagogy · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought

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