Notification of IBG/RGS 1999 Social and Cultural Geography
Research Group conference session:
'Institutional Geographies' convened by Hester Parr and Chris Philo
This half day session aims to interrogate the term 'institutional
geographies' and ask general questions such as what are institutional
geographies, how can they be identified and what do they mean? Papers
are sought which explore such notions and they may focus upon a
variety of theoretical and empirical materials. Particularly relevant
are thoughts upon whether there are identifiable institutional
identities, performances, cultures or bodies and do these make, or
are they made by, particular spaces. Using the term 'institutional'
does not necessarily imply that these questions have to be answered
with reference to conventional (and material) understandings of
institutions (such as hospitals, universities and prisons, although
these are not excluded here). Rather, we are seeking a broader
conceptualisation of the 'institutional' when thinking about (for
example) social relations, gender, ethnicity, health, citizenship and
relationships to space and place.
Abstracts of approx 200 words to Hester Parr, Department of
Geography, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN by 1st June, 1998.
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