Possible Establishment of an AAG Geography of
Education Sp
5 March 2004
Dear Colleagues:
RE: Possible Establishment of an AAG Geography of Education
Specialty Group
In the light of some interesting new research on 'education', and
on related issues (e.g., regional development, citizenship,
subjectivity, urban change, cultural industries, knowledge production,
intellectual history, services industries, global trade,
neoliberalism, globalization, economic competitiveness), we are
initiating discussions about the possibility of establishing an
AAG Geography of Education Specialty Group.
As we see it, at this very preliminary stage, a Geography
of Education speciality group would seek to foster the development
of geographical work *on* education (including systems, institutions,
impacts, governance, etc), broadly defined. We also believe that
a Geography of Education specialty group would generate plenty of
synergy with other AAG specialty groups, including the core groups
anchored in sub-disciplines (e.g., economic, urban, political). And,
needless to say, debates about the relationship between education and
societal development will only increase over the next several
decades.
If you are supportive, or curious, or critical, please come to a
shortish meeting on Tuesday March 16th @ 2:45 pm immediately
after panel discussion on Globalization/Trade/Neoliberalism/Higher
Education. Details on this panel are available here:
http://convention.allacademic.com/aag2004/session_info.html?c_session_id=611&part_id1=11255&dtr_id=2453
If you cannot make this meeting, or you are not attending this
year's AAG conference, and you are supportive of the idea of
establishing a Geography of Education specialty group, please email
both of us and we will put you on our contact list. Our contact
details are here:
Many thanks!
With best wishes,
Kris Olds and Claudia Hanson Thiem
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Kris Olds
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin-Madison
550 N. Park Street, Science Hall
Madison, WI 53706
USA
Tel: 1-608-262-5685
Fax: 1-608-265-3991
Email:
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Dept: http://www.geography.wisc.edu/faculty/olds.html
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