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RGS-IBG International Conference 2022 Newcastle, 30 Aug – 1 Sept.
Spatialised responses to vulnerability and harm: exploring geographies of practice
Jenny Lloyd Durham University
Tom Disney Northumbria University
Events of the last two years have evidenced contested and complicated designations of vulnerability and harm, illustrating the unequal access to safe and protective spaces for different groups. From discussions of women’s safety in public spaces in the wake of recent gendered violence; the differentiated impacts of Covid-19 across class, race, gender, and disability; punitive policing of borders against asylum seekers; the struggle against structural and symbolic violence via Black Lives Matter; and accounts of sexual abuse of children and young people from Everyone’s Invited. What these movements and events share are significant spatial determinants of vulnerability and harm which are variously engaged with in policy and practice.
Geographical conceptions of space provide important opportunities to explore the spatially contingent nature of these forms of vulnerability and harm and thus contribute to enhanced forms of welfare practice. However, while spatial approaches have been drawn upon by practitioners and while geographers have often been at the forefront of theorising vulnerability and harm, there have been limited moves within the discipline to actively embed these within everyday welfare practice. In this session we want to explore how geography can be operationalised in practice to address and alleviate vulnerability and harm.
In this session we are interested in diverse geographical perspectives to addressing vulnerability and harm in practice. We invite papers that explore practical applications of spatial approaches to vulnerability and harm from different areas of practice. These might include, but are not limited to, community based social work, policing, education (primary, secondary, further and higher), probation and youth justice. We invite contributors to present their papers in a traditional conference format but also welcome alternative modes of presenting, such as posters, zines, or films for instance.
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words. Please send contributions or queries to either [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] by 18th February. Our intention is to attend in person and hope this session will be also be run in person at the conference.
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