We are delighted to announce the re-launching (as a result of Ashgate’s acquisition by multinational corporation Informa) of the book series "Cultural Geographies + Rewriting the Earth" with the University of Nebraska Press. We are keen to receive book proposals from prospective authors and editors.
Series Description:
Cultural geography has witnessed profound changes in recent years on three interrelated levels: theoretical, methodological, and sociopolitical. In terms of theory, new conceptions of culture have emerged that examine social and geographical differentiation as involving objects, affect, nonhumans, mobility, emotion, queerness, assemblage, materiality, the unconscious, biopolitics, relationality, and intersectionality.
At the level of methodology, experiments with fieldwork and writing practices demonstrate the extent to which cultural geography has learned from and contributes to many areas of policy, science, therapy, ethics, aesthetics, and activism. In terms of the sociopolitical engagements with the world outside of academia, cultural geographers are exploring the multiple crises of energy, climate change, nationalism, (sub)urban expansion, loss of biodiversity, inequality, and fragmentation of social life under the spell of digital technologies and consumerism.
Contemporary cultural geography, a distinctive and dynamic subdiscipline in geography, is an efflorescence of many strands of research exploring cultural phenomena with the shared commitment to spatiality. Arguably, the new hopes, dangers, and intensities that are rewriting the earth are best addressed through the unique perspectives of cultural geography.
Cultural Geographies + Rewriting the Earth, provides a forum for cutting-edge research that embraces theoretical creativity, methodological experimentation, and ethico-political urgency. It provides a forum for a wide readership who desire to keep up with the innovations, debates, and agendas that define the humanities and social sciences today.
Contact Details:
For further information or to discuss a book idea for the series, please contact the Series Editors: Paul Kingsbury, Simon Fraser University, Canada ([log in to unmask]) and Arun Saldanha, University of Minnesota, USA ([log in to unmask]) or Bridget Barry ([log in to unmask]), University of Nebraska Press Acquisitions Editor (History, Geography, and Environmental Studies).
Book Series Website:
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/series/cultural-geographies-rewriting-the-earth/
Many thanks,
Paul and Arun
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