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> The People's Geography Project (www.peoplesgeography.org
> <http://www.peoplesgeography.org>) is establishing a clearinghouse of
> materials - lesson ideas, syllabuses, resources, commentaries, etc. -
> that can help us create a useful, public, and critical geography of
> the roots, effects, likely consequences, and changed geographies
> resulting from this weeks terrorist attacks in New York and Washington
> (including the plane crashed in Pennsylvania).
>
> We think geographers - through their teaching and research - can help
> people understand what has happened and to see alternatives to
> escalating war. We think we can help people also understand the
> geographically, socially, and politically uneven roots and
> consequences of this attack. We also know there are a whole range of
> issues that need to be understood - the geopolitical and destructive
> power of the US in SW Asia, the privatization of airport security in
> the US (and its operation as a "low-bid" business), the nature of
> urban and architectural symbolism, the power of the media, the
> transformation of the state, the roots of terrorism, the on-going
> struggles of Palestinian peoples, etc.
>
> We know that many of you have been teaching about this week's events
> in your courses and lectures, have been pulling together resources,
> have written analyses, etc. We think it would be especially useful,
> to geographers and to the general public, to pool our collective
> knowledge and understanding, as well as to see where gaps remain.
>
> The purpose of the clearinghouse will be to provide a resource for
> teachers (at all levels), for the lay public, and for geographical
> researchers.
>
> If you have outlines of lectures or exercises, know of good web and
> paper resources, have written analyses that touch on this weeks
> events, their roots, or their likely consequences, please send them to
> me at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or to
> Rich Van Deusen at [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. We also welcome any ideas about
> the sorts of materials we should be gathering, analyses that need to
> be made, means of teaching that need to be explored.
>
> We will endeavor to post materials to the People's Geography Website
> (www.peoplesgeography.org <http://www.peoplesgeography.org>) as
> quickly as possible and to spread the word among teachers, interested
> publics, etc. about their availability.
>
> Over time we hope to be able to put together teaching packets,
> pamphlets, and other materials, written in accessible language that
> can then be distributed to any who wants them.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
> Don Mitchell
> Director
> People's Geography Project
>
> <<Call for materials.doc>>
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