Events

The Centre runs a number of events each term. Please contact Guy Benton for further information.


Geography and Development Education
Monday 17th October, 5pm in room 675, IOE, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL.

Speakers:
David Lambert, Professor of Geography, IOE and Chief Executive of Geographical Association
John Morgan, Reader in Geography Education, IOE

The seminar will include the launch of the new DERC – Geographical Association research report on Geography and Development Education which outlines the contribution of school geography to teaching development issues.


Development and Development Education
Tuesday 18th October, 5pm at the London International Development Centre (LIDC) 36 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD.

Speaker: Doug Bourn, Director of the DERC, IOE

With learning about development issues being increasingly seen as the focus for development education by UK government, what does this mean for teachers, educators and NGOs and what should it look like. Dr. Douglas Bourn will outline different perspectives and approaches as to how learning about development could be interpreted.


Celebrity and Development
Thursday 3rd November, 4pm at the London International Development Centre (LIDC) 36 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD.

Speaker: Daniel Brockington, University of Manchester

Most of us 'get' celebrity – at least we think we do. Celebrity pervades our media, social interactions and everyday lives whether we want it to or not. But what is actually involved when celebrities work with NGOs? How are the relationships negotiated, and the interactions developed? What are the constraints that NGOs face, and how do they cope with the interest of corporates in getting access to celebrity?

This seminar reports on over 90 interviews with different actors in the NGO and celebrity sectors, and with journalists, based largely in the US and UK. In the process it also sheds light on another issue dogging the interactions between celebrity and NGOs, namely their authenticity. I argue that there are several different reasons for claiming authenticity, and that all claims must be well performed, as well as actually exist, to be credible.