Andy Morris's OpenLearn Profile

Andy is a Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in the Department of Geography. Andy's researchinterests broadly connectthemes of place, identity, landscape and visual culture. He is currently interested inthe concept of nature and how relations between humans and non-humans are understood through it. Heisthe academic advisor for a major new BBC seriesHugh's Wild West.Andyhas alsoworked on a series of six short films entitled: 'Public Park, Private Lives'. These films consider whatthe idea of a ‘Cairngorms National Park’ means to its residents, whatit's like to live in a national park and what impactit has had on local lives since its establishment in 2003?The filmscan be viewed here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsH4hSV_kEdAOsupMMm4Qw Andy has also written about theCairngorms National Park for theGeography Mattersseries of articles on OpenLearn here:http://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/geography/protecting-landscapes-and-creating-the-right-tools-the-job. Morris (2017)‘The performers seek unity on many levels’[i]: teaching the environmental entanglement of humans and non-humans through the starling murmuration. Paper presentedto the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers,the Royal Geographical Society, London, September 2017 [i] Derek Bermel, composer of ‘Murmurations’ (2015) http://www.fabermusic.com/repertoire/murmurations