CALL FOR PAPERS: AAG 2019, Washington D.C.
Session Title: Geographies of Post-Industrial Place, Memory, and Heritage.
Session Organizers: Mark Rhodes, Kent State University; Amy Walker, Cardiff University; William Price, Ball State University
Recent work at the intersection of historical, cultural, environmental, economic, community, and tourism geographies has revealed the rich significance of post-industrial place, memory, and heritage. Much has been accomplished towards understanding processes of intangible heritage and the affect of the spectral geographies of post-industrial landscape (i.e. Edensor 2005; Hill 2013). Likewise, the intersection of gentrification, heritage, and the environment further emerges in post-industrial research in the field (Matthews and Picton 2014; Kern 2015; Stehlin 2016). Further, how might we trouble the idea of (post)-industrial itself, which too often situates conversation in a 'past,' rather than any form of present or continuity. We wish to expand upon many of these discussions in this session, incorporating a greater range of geographical locations and considerations into this growing body of literature. How do memory work, memorialization, and collective memory engage with labor, trauma, and community, past and present? How do spaces which were once economically productive and environmentally destructive transition into places of (un)sustainable tourism and environmental education? How can sense of place and community operationalize these post-industrial landscapes?
We seek empirically or theoretically framed works that engage with post-industrial landscapes. What is their power, what problems do they face, and how can we as researchers ethically and effectively engage with these communities? In this vein, what might a rural, Indigenous, or post-colonial shift look like in these contexts? While our own interests intersect in the post-industrial geographies of Wales, we hope to engage with those conducting similar research throughout the world.
If you are interested in contributing a paper to this session, please send your abstract of no more than 250 words to Mark Rhodes ([log in to unmask]), Amy Walker ([log in to unmask]), or William Price ([log in to unmask]) no later than the end of October 19th.
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