Colleagues:
I urge all folks in the left/crit geog world to submit input to this
committee (see below). I am absolutely against these "agenda setting"
exercises in principle, but we can be assured that this one will have an
impact on what kinds of research get funded in the future (at least in
the US, and primarily through the NSF). A strong call from letf/crit
geographers to put global inequality, and the neoliberal policies that
have deepened it, on the "agenda" could have an impact, especially given
the make up of the committee, with several potentially sympathetic folks
on it.
This past week's AAG was abuzz with talk of several recent developments
that many folks interpreted as the beginning of a push to expunge
critical human geography from the academic landscape. Taking the time to
send input to this committee may be one way to help to prevent such a
scenario from being realized.
Rich Heyman
Deb Ranjan Sinha (Gmail) wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deepsea Dawn" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Greetings colleagues:
>
> The U.S. National Research Council's Committee on Strategic
> Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade is now
> receiving public comment on some very important/high profile
> questions, in which geographic information science has a role:
>
> (1) What should geographers be studying over the next ten years?
>
> -- What makes geographers particularly suited to answer these questions?
> -- What are the consequences of NOT bringing geographical
> perspectives to bear on these questions?
> -- What kinds of data or infrastructure are most critical to the
> advancement of geographical research?
> -- What new sets of skills and training will geographers need to
> tackle forthcoming research areas?
>
> (2) What are the greatest challenges facing the geographical sciences
> today?
>
> The public comment web site has just come online at
>
> http://dels.nas.edu/besr/SD_questionnaire.cgi
>
> You are very much welcome to enter your comments on this site!
>
> Comments received by April 30, 2008, will be considered at the
> committee's next meeting (May 21-23, 2008). However, the committee
> welcomes any ideas until August 2008.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dawn Wright
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> Dawn Wright | Professor | Department of Geosciences
> Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR 97331-5506
> http://dusk.geo.orst.edu | 541-737-1229 phone | 541-737-1200 fax
>
>
Rich Heyman
Department of Geography & the Environment
University of Texas at Austin
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