Learning about geographic mobility with film
Social Studies Research and Practice
ISSN: 1933-5415
Article publication date: 11 December 2023
Issue publication date: 1 July 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Geography is an exciting discipline involving the interrogation of place, space, and mobility. Film is too powerful and assessable tool that engages audiences. Therefore, this article builds a rationale for utilizing film in the teaching of geography. Particularly geographic mobility, which is the study of spatial patterns of movement and viewing them with positive or negative social meaning and as embedded within structures of power.
Design/methodology/approach
This is not a research paper so there is no methodology to detail.
Findings
This is not a research paper so there are no findings to detail.
Originality/value
The article introduces three films (Selma, Hidden Figures, and The Green Book) and describes how they can be used to enrich the teaching of geographic mobility.
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Citation
Kenna, J.L. and Stevenson, D.M. (2024), "Learning about geographic mobility with film", Social Studies Research and Practice, Vol. 19 No. 1, pp. 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1108/SSRP-03-2023-0025
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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