Hi,
Tom Johnson asked that this CFP be posted.
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au revoir
niall johnson
Email: [log in to unmask]
Department of Geography and Sidney Sussex College
University of Cambridge Cambridge
United Kingdom CB2 3EN United Kingdom CB2 3HU
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AAG 2001 NYC - What geographers are not
This session seeks to explore the intersection of academic geographies and
popular culture (broadly conceived). In fact, it seeks to explore where
this intersection breaks down or does not exist. It will seek to address
not only the ways in which geographers can, should, do contribute to the
broader society (of which they might be a part) but also the ways in which
contemporary geographers understand and engage with the popular - or do
not. Post post-structural accounts of the instability of identities we
seek to locate where this instability eminates from and, more
specifically, to identify those parts of the unstable system that are not
dynamic. Moving beyond dangerous and unsatisfactory phenomenonlogical
accounts of essences we seek to explore that which the geographer always
is not - the anti-essence. This is not a never is but rather an always
isn't. Even as the machine grinds certain fixtures do not move with it -
despite one day being a and another b, person x is never, for example, C.
Following recent reflexive calls this represents a first move towards
making sense of how enthusiastically and convincingly the academy is
willing or able to understand or share popular knowledges about popular
people, pastimes, pursuits. It is about how ideas move and why they move
and where they move to. It is about the place of geography and geographers
in all of this and whether or not this throws up any tensions. At this
point, we are seeking indications of interest from anyone who feels they
might have anything to offer and would appreciate replies as soon as
possible. Specific themes might include the following:
* WHY does geography matter and to whom does it matter ?
* Is there stability in stasis ?
* Methodological implications of fixity and repression
* is geography inherently interesting and where does any interest lie ?
* If I am never that am i dynamic ??
Please contact either of the convenors for more info:
Tom Johnson: [log in to unmask]
Barry Collins:
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