IMAGES OF THE THIRD-WORLD - TEACHING A GEOGRAPHY OF THE THIRD-WORLD

This paper focuses on how to teach undergraduate students to analyse c ritically various received images of the Third World. This is achieved through the use of a detailed practical exercise which is based on po ster, newspaper and map representation of the Third World. The concept s of identity, positionality and representation are reviewed and there is a discussion of how an awareness of these concepts should help stu dents understand the influencing power of stereotypical images of dist ant others.