Geography democracy and citizenship in a digital age

1. IGU-CGE 2021
developing, sharing, promoting
Karl Donert, Education Consultant
Vice President EUROGEO,
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
Geography, Data, Democracy
and Citizenship

2. https://www.eurogeography.eu/projects/
EUROGEO
Projects

3. Jean Monnet Award
• GeoDem : Geography, democracy, European
citizenship and the digital age
• Actions on European geopolitical issues -
climate change, cultural heritage, migration,
environment
• improving education in Europe
• increasing employability and
• focusing on digital competences

4. GeoDem Objectives
• Related to normal association actions
• Annual meeting of members,
EUROGEO conference(s), other events
• Quality research and publications and
• Widen access to the results /
outcomes of our innovative projects
related to European issues

5. GeoDem Outcomes
• a book publication - journal articles
• association newsletters
• a gallery of resources
• an agreed Benchmark statement
with recommendations and
• GeoDem Research Platform

6. Benchmark statement
• Statement and recommendations on teaching
in and about Europe
• meetings of geography teachers and geography academics
• Produce recommendations and a benchmark statement about
teaching in and about Europe.
• Translated into main European languages
• Lobby ministries and European agencies concerning the
importance of geographical studies to understand and know
about Europe and the relevance of using geographic
information

7. Background
• GeoDem connects Geography, democracy,
European citizenship and the digital age
• geo-technology and European policies
• open data empowering citizens - Spatial
Citizenship
• connecting Spatial Thinking and Global
Understanding

8. Jean Monnet Award
• European geopolitical issues
- climate change - sustainable development
- migration and the environment
• improving education in Europe
• address employability and
• digital competences

9. IGU-CGE 2021
Digital Space and
the Digital Citizen

10. Emerging Digital Spaces
(Cope, 2011)

11. • open data opportunities
• potential for citizen science – grassroots action
• Artificial Intelligence plays a growing role in the
way that governments and public institutions
operate
• also the way in which citizens interact and
participate in the democratic process
Digital Geography Opportunities

12. www.atlasofeuropeanvalues.eu
• Maps with questions from EVS, WVS and ESS data + value
dimensions
• Keyword search tool
• Some maps with results per country (hover over)
• Maps per respondent group + passage of time
• Comparison of maps (+ adjust legend, colour)
8 languages
(perhaps
more)
• Value dimensions (based on EVS questions)
• Students answer questions in a "class".
• Display results - compare with results of country /
respondent group
• Compare two + more classes (exchange)
• Framework - 5 E model
• Background information
• Material - Migration, Environment,
Democracy, Tolerance, Solidarity
• Matrix - search by subject and
objectives
• Video clips
Upcoming: infographics
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14. shorturl.at/fFJQ4

15. Karl Donert
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
@karldonert
Presentation:
https://cutt.ly/UQEModq