Centre for Land Use and Interpretation
I know that geography students are boring but perhaps the actual subject deserves some attention;
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(CLUI) has spent nearly 20 years redefining geography, and inviting the public to join them. This isn’t about mapping roads and elevations, but looking at more unconventional aspects of the land, from satellite dishes scanning the skies to hidden networks of oil extraction in our own neighbourhoods. CLUI cracks geography open to reveal its fascinating links to culture and history, and has made it an urgent, compelling subject attracting entirely new audiences.
'projects encourage viewers to have a keener, more scrutinising eye'
[Their office] is stuffed with a collection of creased paper maps, peculiar brochures and ephemera, and crowned with a row of eccentric field research souvenirs – like a vial of salt from Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, a bottle of beer with a Spiral Jetty label and other things you can’t (yet) summon on your iPhone.
I know that geography students are boring but perhaps the actual subject deserves some attention;
words and images via iconeye
(CLUI) has spent nearly 20 years redefining geography, and inviting the public to join them. This isn’t about mapping roads and elevations, but looking at more unconventional aspects of the land, from satellite dishes scanning the skies to hidden networks of oil extraction in our own neighbourhoods. CLUI cracks geography open to reveal its fascinating links to culture and history, and has made it an urgent, compelling subject attracting entirely new audiences.
'projects encourage viewers to have a keener, more scrutinising eye'
[Their office] is stuffed with a collection of creased paper maps, peculiar brochures and ephemera, and crowned with a row of eccentric field research souvenirs – like a vial of salt from Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, a bottle of beer with a Spiral Jetty label and other things you can’t (yet) summon on your iPhone.
