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As someone who is occasionally guilty of making requests for suggested reading, I should like to add that for those of us who work on the spatial but have no formal training in geography, the list is an indispensable resource. I am extremely grateful to all those who have taken the time to reply to my requests over the years and helped me become a much more plausible literary geographer than I would be otherwise! Ceri On 31 March 2014 09:27, Owain Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I sympathise with those who find these requests a bit irritating in > relation to email overload, but I wonder if any others feel as I do .... that > I don't mind these requests because... > > > > a) It is generally interesting to see what people are asking for > > b) (more importantly) it is nice to see this community supporting > each other by sharing references (even if they can be *sometimes* found > on-line free and easy - or got from authors) > > > > Cheers Owain > > > > (Thanks for all the bridge and island emails will be replying this week) > > > > Owain Jones, Professor of Environmental Humanities, School of Humanities > and Cultural Industries<http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/humanities-and-cultural-industries> > : > > [image: BSU logo] > > Publications and projects: Academia.edu/OwainJones<http://glos.academia.edu/OwainJones/Papers> > > Associate Editor: Journal of Children's Geographies<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14733285.asp> > > Sonic Severn <http://www.sonicsevern.co.uk/> SevernEstuaryArtAtlas (SEAA)<http://severnestuaryartatlas.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/hello-world/> > > Priston Festival <http://www.priston.org.uk/festival/> The (Greatness > Of The Magnificence) Fantasy Orchestra <http://www.fantasyorchestra.org/> > > [image: twitter-1] <http://twitter.com/#!/owainontwit> [image: skype-1] > skype<https://login.skype.com/account/signup-form?application=download&return_url=http://www.skype.com/go/buy-credit%3Fflow=join&intcmp=join>- owainonskype Mobile: > 07871 572969 > > > > > > > > *From:* A forum for critical and radical geographers [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Nicholas James > *Sent:* 31 March 2014 09:16 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: literature request > > > > Don't take that for granted. > The OU don't subscribe to *Critical African Studies*, so I made contact > with the author of a paper. > Heard nothing, and I did use my formal OU address, and perhaps there's an > excuse of being away. However, it was too late to use with Ugandan students. > I suppose I could just pay for the article!! > Nick > > > > > > Nicholas James > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Kokkinos-Kennedy <[log in to unmask]> > To: CRIT-GEOG-FORUM <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 9:08 > Subject: Re: literature request > > dear Ant and all, > > > > I too have had great success asking the authors for assistance. They are > just plain interested in assisting me. It is very good to experience that > kind of help in the wilds of research land. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > On 31 March 2014 09:50, Anthony Ince <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi critters, > > To spin this ongoing saga in a more constructive direction, I'd suggest > that people in need of papers/chapters should do a quick search online and > find the author to them contact in person. I've taken to doing this > recently and I've never once had a negative response. In fact, usually the > author is both a) flattered that you've tracked them down and are > interested in their research and b) also quite interested in what you're > doing. > > It's a little more laboursome but more emotionally sustainable in the > long-run for all involved, and you might even end up with some interesting > new possibilities for collaboration. > > So rather than sniping from our ipads, let's prefigure some more mindful > approaches to participation and information sharing, and focus on finding > more productive alternatives please! > > Take care, > > Ant > > ________________________________________ > From: A forum for critical and radical geographers [ > [log in to unmask]] on behalf of Pamela Shurmer [ > [log in to unmask]] > Sent: 31 March 2014 09:38 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: literature request > > > I haven't joined in on requests for papers before because I totally > understand the problem of lack of access, but this is the second time this > week we've had a request of this sort. My answer is "Do your own research!" > Pam Shurmer-Smith > Sent from my iPad > > On 30 Mar 2014, at 11:30, stephanie Loveless < > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Does anyone have either of the following, or papers that nicely encompass > ideas from these books that you would be willing to share? > > Marden, P. (2003) The Decline of Politics. Governance, Globalisation and > the Public Sphere. Aldershot: Ashgate. > > Schedler, A. (1997) 'Introduction', in A. Schedler (ed.) The End of > Politics? Explorations into Modern Antipolitics, pp. 1-20. New York: > Macmillan. > > Thank you, > > Stephanie > > > -- Ceri Morgan Co-editor, *British Journal of Canadian Studies* Receive regular Table of Contents alerts here: https://liverpool.metapress.com/content/121623/toc-alert