Dear Colleagues,
(With apologies for cross-posting).
We would like to invite abstract submissions to a Transport Geography Research Group sponsored session of the RGS-IBG annual conference 2014. Our session is titled "Transport Geographies of co-production" relating to the conference theme: http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Conference+theme.htm
To respond to our call please email a short abstract of up to 250 words to [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] by the 31st January. If you are currently completing research for a postgraduate degree and would like to be considered for the prize, just let us know and we will provide further details.
Kind regards,
Lisa Davison and Angela Curl
Transport Geographies of co-production
This year’s conference theme , ‘Geographies of co-production’ challenges geographers to “reflect what we think we know against the ‘other’, those who start from a different entry point and bring different perspectives to our field of knowledge”. Such a theme lends itself well to reflective transport geographers who are often positioned against other transport studies or other geographers.
Through this session we aim to explore the practice of being a transport geographer, continuing points of discussion raised during a session on the future of transport geography (RGS AC 2012). We encourage submissions on papers exploring themes including, but not limited to:
1) The identity of transport geographers in the wider geographical and transport context. For instance how
do we position ourselves against the ‘other’? Or is the idea / reality of a collection of ‘others’ outmoded in an increasingly multi-disciplinary environment? What makes transport geography distinct from transport studies
more broadly 'how do we collaborate with or differentiate ourselves from other geographers?
2) Methodological challenges in the production of knowledge in transport geography. For instance, what roles can the public hold in creating knowledge, directly or passively? How can Big and/or open Data help or challenge traditional approaches?
3) Application of transport geography to policy and practice. How do academic transport geographers collaborate with policy makers? What opportunities and challenges does such co-production bring?
We welcome a broad range of papers related how we as transport geographers work as and with co-producers of knowledge. This other might be policy makers, the public, other geographers or other transport fields.
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