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Dear all

The below call out had a huge response from members of this list. I’ve attempted to add those who contacted me. For those I may have missed, and for others interested: all are very welcome to join and can now do so by directly via Jiscmail where the email list has been created. Details:

The list homepage is available at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/LATINAMERICANGEOGRAPHIESUK
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Best

Sam

On 21 Mar 2018, at 15:09, Sam Halvorsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear all

Please see below for details of an emerging network primarily aimed at UK based researchers interested in Latin American geographies. Please get in touch directly with me.

Best
Sam

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Latin American Geographies in the UK Research Network: Call to participate

We are an emerging network of scholars based in the UK who work closely with geographical ideas and practices in Latin America, including close relationships with diverse civil society movements and organisations and academic/non academic institutions. We aim to foster and deepen our relationships with geography in Latin America while also reflecting on the politics of doing so. This includes both reflecting on the circulation of Latin American geographical ideas within Anglophone geography (including publications, conferences, grants, etc) as well as thinking through our ethical commitments and responsibilities to the region's politics. We aim to provide a forum for sharing strategies of collaboration, publications and events, as well as other activities and initiatives relating to Latin American geography the UK.

 

Further ideas for the network may include, but are not limited to: exchanging and supporting each others’ research; sharing information on events relating to Latin American geography, including visiting speakers; discussing the ethical and political implications of doing research between Anglophone geography and Latin American geographers; considering ideas for deepening relations with geographical institutions or collectives based in Latin American, for example around grant applications; providing a helpful information point for graduate and postgraduate students, particularly with regards to Latin American knowledges that are systemically silenced within Anglophone scholarship; and/or organising a regular newsletter.

 

For those interested in participating in the network (which does not necessarily involve any formal commitment) we suggest that you email, in the first instance, Sam Halvorsen at s.halvorsen@qmul who will collate addresses into a list. We hope to organise a face-to-face meeting later in the year.

 

Initial members of network include:

Sam Halvorsen (QMUL)

Sarah Radcliffe (Cambridge)

Matthew Benwell (Newcastle)

Juan Miguel Kanai (Sheffield)

Jessica Hope (Bristol)

Mara Duer (Warwick)

Ann Varley (UCL)


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Dr Sam Halvorsen
Lecturer in Human Geography and Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
Queen Mary University of London
Webpage: http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/halvorsens.html
Blog: https://contestingterritory.wordpress.com/