Kit and Alistair enjoy some Sumatran dark forest coffee bags, chatting about the Giant’s Causeway, historic connotations and identity in accents and community, the troubles in Northern Ireland, Shared Education, being in a rock band, amongst other things!

Alistair is an unashamed optimist who, even after 3 decades in the classroom, has not become cynical and has no intention of doing so now. He loves geography as much as ever, loves teaching it, and loves thinking about the art and craft of pedagogy. If described in three letters (not three words), those letters must be GIS. He is an advocate of how we can use modern digital geographies to help explore the majesty of the world around us and the seriousness of the global challenges we face. He is deeply committed to peace and reconciliation work in NI through the Shared Ed programme. Outside of work, he is an avid landscape photographer, trying to capture the glorious beauty of his homeland (especially at the Giant's Causeway, where he must have some form of squatter's rights by now!) It is a source of constant amusement to him how much people from England seem to find his mellifluous Ulster brogue somewhat charming, so it is.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

-   The Giant’s Causeway (https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway)

-   Shared Education in Northern Ireland (https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/what-shared-education) 

-   2019 Esri Conference – Lurgan Schools: The Differences We Share (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugowA6BExtw)

-   SCSI: The Belfast-Based Rock Band (https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/SCSI_The_Belfastbased_band_with_a_new_name/41443/p1/ )

Expand your Geography community by connecting with Alistair via Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/lcgeography and https://twitter.com/ahamillphotos), Instagram (http://instagram.com/ahamillphotos) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfFiyu7smNxrKS-CU3XVR-Q/)    

==About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

•   Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

•   Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

•   Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

•   Switch your energy provider to Good Energy via this link: (check back soon!) and sign up to Clim8 via https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeog-Clim8 to invest money ethically. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.*

*Good Energy and Clim8 are not sponsors of the podcast and have not endorsed these links. The referral links have been posted in a personal capacity to help raise funds to keep Geogramblings educational work sustainable. Your choice to invest money through Clim8 doesn’t come without risk, so make sure you make an informed decision to sign up.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.