MICHAELMAS 2019 | VOL. 05 ISSUE 01
Welcome to Compass! As we roll into our fifth year in print we’ve already seen some big developments: with a brand new website and magazine design to match, a new ‘photo-story’ feature celebrating some of our finest student photographers, and contributors from across the University we’re onto a winner so be sure to follow our social media to see what we do next!
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Eliza Griffiths & Eswyn Chen
DESIGN Harriet Bradnock & Sophie Yang
DEPUTY EDITOR Joshua Paul
WEBSITE MANAGER Rosie Schofield
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Ben Grogan & Sean Cobb
MARKETING Emma McDonald
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Ella Weston & Esme Atkinson
PHOTOGRAPHY & VISUALS Tomas Andre
TRAVEL Joanna Neve & Merryn Trevitt
SECRETARY Bridget Tiller
INTERVIEWS Zhanna Levitina & Belinda Ng
BLOG EDITORS Matilda O'Callaghan, Sophie John & Miriam Bengougam
Contributors Professor Bhaskar Vira, Dr Theo Hacking, Faith Borland, Max Klein, Zhanna Levitina, Belinda Ng, Linda Arroyo, Ben Somerville, Jack Curson, Etien Jasonson, Ella Weston, Joanna Neve, Hannah Badger, Ellie Fox Front Cover Polish Independence Day March, Linda Arroyo Inside Back Cover Red Screes, Wasdale, Harriet Bradnock Back Cover Sunset in the Teth Valley, Albania, Tomas Andre
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In the year of the ‘Greta effect’, climate change is finally receiving its due coverage as the crisis of our times, and we are following suit in this issue, with pieces interrogating the denial we may fall into when thinking about climate, and grappling with a cultural rather than scientific approach to the problem. Though it’s not all doom and gloom! We also have some wonderful pieces from celebrating the imagery and language of Bolivian indigenous cultures in La Paz; to musings on language learning by immersion. In our featured interview, the spotlight is on our new Head of Department, Professor Bhaskar Vira, who has shared some of his insights into Geography as a discipline, advice for students, and also his favourite places from his travels. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to Compass, to the Department and to CUGS for their funding and support, and to the design and editorial teams for all their hard work behind the scenes! Thank you for making this issue possible! Eswyn and Eliza Editors-in-Chief cambridgecompassmagazine.wordpress.com compass@cugs.org.uk cugscompass compass_cugs