Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers,
Annual Conference Plymouth, UK, 2-5 January 2001.
Historical Geography Research Group.
Call for papers:
CULTURES OF TRANSPORT: historical geographies of organised travel.
In contrast to histories of travel, with their focus on issues of
mobility, identity, gender, colonialism, post-colonialism, writing
strategies and geographical knowledges, histories of transport often
consist of whiggish narrative accounts charting technological innovation
and economic expansion, and remain largely untouched by contemporary
theoretical ideas.
Historical and cultural geography, through theories of identity, cultures
of technologies, regimes of regulation and issues of governmentality, can
provide a range of tools ideally suited for the examination of cultures of
organised travel. The aim of this half-day session, organised by the
Historical Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with
the Institute of British Geographers, is to bring together scholars
interested in cultural issues relating to a range of modes of transport.
Papers are welcomed which address historical issues relating to the
following topics:
- The cultural politics and cultural-economies of the organisation and
regulation of transport.
- Cultures of work and expertise in relation to the design, construction,
and operation of different modes of transport.
- Cultural-historical geographies of technologies and infrastructures of
transport.
- The relationships between transport, identity and the experience of the
worker/traveller.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent to either of the
convenors by 31st May 2000.
Convenors:
Peter Merriman, School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University
Park, Nottingham. NG7 2RD. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax: 0115 9515249.
Dr. George Revill, Department of Geography, School of Social Sciences and
Law, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0 BP.
E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 01865 483853
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