>I may have missed it, but the G word globalisation, seems to have
>been notable by its scarcity (scare-city?) in all of this. 2 reasons
>for its presence here. One because even crit geographers must
>however radical be also pragmatic somewhat, G isnt going to go
>away tomorrow, however much some of us would like it to, and two
>because it permeates through its subsidiary effects so much of
>what has been said on this debate.
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Exactly Hillary!
I think one of the problems here is also that radical geographers
also tend to split themselves into different camps: i.e. the ages old
debate about theory (David Harvey etc.) and practice (Richard
Norgaard, Peter Marshall etc.) and the two camps usually seem to
avoid exploring across their own boundaries. Then there are also the
radical physical geographers such as Reclus etc. Add to this the
division between 'normal' human and physical geographers let alone
the divisions within radical geography...there seems to be little
'integrated geography' or 'integrated geographers' out there. Many
seem to sit in their ghettos and do little to interact and
reciprocate outside their own ideological community.
As for globalisation, geographers play a key part: we have a direct
baring on globalisation: we aid it or we fight it - I've never taken
to the view that geographers should be merely academics and just
study things - look at the history of geography for some very
colourful figures!! (Kropotkin, etc)
As for globalisation as 'something we can't stop' Hillary?, I hope
not. To think that is to risk sinking into the depth of apologeticism
(new word?) along the likes of Geddens etc. All as one needs to do to
halt globalisation is to simply 'stop' being a 'consumer'...
Cheers, Paul.
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