A warm reception of the new proposal for Geography in Action Workshops.
On the 17th and 24th, the Geography in Action Workshop: "The treatment of Geoinformation as a source of knowledge" was held, with the participation of students from the two 3rd-year ESO groups at the El Virolet School Institute in Sabadell
The workshop, highly participatory, began with a presentation on the diversity of research conducted in the Department of Geography, emphasizing the importance of handling geographical information in this research. Examples of research projects on various topics such as mobility, gender, forest fires, or landscape evolution were presented, all of which have a clear spatial component.
Next, the methodology used in GIS was introduced, starting with the explanation of what is considered the first application of this technology—the hand-drawn maps by Dr. John Snow in 1854, which helped identify the source of the cholera outbreak in London. The concept of a layer was explained, as well as how the ability to overlay different layers of geographical information allows the analysis of patterns that would otherwise be difficult to observe.
Following this, a problem contextualized in their municipality was presented to the students, and they were asked to respond to this issue by creating a sheet with the following information: 1-The project name, 2-The territorial scope, 3-The project objectives, 4-The information layers, 5-The proposals, 6-The expected results, and 7-An approximate budget. The workshop ended with the presentation of each project.
At the link, you can view the photographs from the Geography in Action workshops along with the sheets created by the students.
The Geography in Action workshop, led by Meritxell Gisbert and Laura Sala, was organized by the Department of Geography and the Institute of Educational Sciences (ICE) of the UAB.