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Postcolonial Geographies
Chapter 30 Postcolonial Geographies James R. Ryan Introduction ...He sees that more children have raised their hands to ask questions. “Yes, Joseph.” “You have told us about black history. You have been telling us about our heroes and our glorious victories. But most seem to end in defeat. Now I want to ask my question . If what you say is true, why then was it possible for a handful of Europeans to conquer a continent and to lord it over us for four hundred years? How was it possible, unless it is because they have bigger brains, and that we are the children of Ham, as they say in the Christian Bible?” He suddenly starts fuming with anger. He knows that a teacher should not erupt into anger but he feels his defeat in that question. Maybe the journey has been long and they have wandered over too many continents and over too large a canvas of time. “Look, Joseph. You have been reading eeh, American children’s encyclopedia and the Bible. They used the Bible to steal the souls and minds of ever-grinning Africans, caps folded at the back, saying prayers of gratitude for small crumbs labelled aid, loans, famine relief while big companies are busy collecting gold and silver and diamonds, and while we fight among ourselves saying I am a Kuke, I am a Luo, I am a Luhyia, I am a Somali ...and... and . There are times, Joseph, when victory is defeat and defeat is victory.” (Ngu˜gı˜ wa Thiong’o, Petals of Blood, 1977: 238) This short passage is taken from Ngu˜gı˜ wa Thiong’o’s 1977 novel Petals of Blood. -
Creation of an Hgis Database
A PRACTIUM ON UNCERTAINTY: CREATION OF AN HGIS DATABASE A Thesis by JESSE ANDREWS Submitted to the Graduate School at Appalachian State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS DECEMBER 2017 Department of Geography and Planning A PRACTIUM ON UNCERTAINTY: CREATION OF AN HGIS DATABASE A Thesis by JESSE ANDREWS December 2017 APPROVED BY: Kathleen Schroeder, Ph.D. Chairperson, Thesis Committee Kara Dempsey, Ph.D. Member, Thesis Committee Jessica Mitchell, Ph.D. Member, Thesis Committee Kathleen Schroeder, Ph.D. Chairperson, Department of Geography and Planning Max C. Poole, Ph.D. Dean, Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies Copyright by Jesse Andrews 2017 All Rights Reserved Abstract A PRACTIUM ON UNCERTAINTY: CREATION OF AN HGIS DATABASE Jesse Andrews B.A., University of North Carolina Greensboro Chairperson: Kathleen Schroeder Integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) historical sources and geospatial technology offers a fruitful new approach to mapping, analyzing, and modeling the past. This project employs sources freely available online to create a historical geodatabase of the A Line of the Mexican National Railroad circa 1910. The project utilizes satellite imagery, census data, historical maps, train schedules along with postcards and photography from the period, to reconstruct the rail line and its stations shortly before the Mexican Revolution. These sources are combined in a GIS to create a highly accurate map and associated historical database of the system as it existed in the first decade of the 20th Century. The database suggests the potential of future scholarship combining GIS software, satellite imagery, and online source materials. -
Planning, Projects, Practice
Planning, Projects, Practice A Human Geography of the Stockholm Local Investment Programme in Hammarby Sjöstad Jonas R Bylund Department of Human Geography Stockholm University 2006 Abstract Programmes and policies to support ecological sustainable development and the practice of implementation is a question of innovation rather than known and taken for granted procedure. This thesis argues a priori models concern- ing stability in the social sciences, and human geography especially, are less able to help us understand this practice and planning in such unstable situa- tions. Problematic in common understandings of planning and policy imple- mentation concerning sustainability are the dualisms between physical-so- cial spaces and between rationality-contingency. The first dualism makes it hard to grasp the interaction between humans and nonhumans. The second dualism concerns the problem of how to capture change without resorting to reductionism and explanaining the evolving projects as either technically, economically, or culturally rational. The scope of the thesis is to test resources from actor-network theory as a means of resolving these dualisms. The case is the Stockholm Local In- vestment Programme and the new district of Hammarby Sjöstad. The pro- gramme’s objective was to support the implemention of new technologies and systems, energy efficiency and reduced resource-use as well as eco-cy- cling measures. The case-study follows how the work with the programme unfolded and how administrators’ efforts to reach satisfactory results was approached. In doing this, the actors had to be far more creative than models of implementation and traditional technology diffusion seem to suggest. The recommendation is to take the instrumentalisation framing the plasticity of a project in planning seriously – as innovativeness is not a special but the general case. -
Historical Geography and Environmental History in China Zhaoqing Han
Han Journal of Chinese Studies (2016) 1:4 Journal of Chinese Studies DOI 10.1186/s40853-016-0002-z RESEARCHARTICLE Open Access Historical geography and environmental history in China Zhaoqing Han Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract Center for Historical Geographic “ Studies, Fudan University, 220 This paper was originally prepared for a roundtable on Chinese Environmental Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, History: Current Research and Future Prospects” at the Eighth International China Convention of Asia Scholars. This is a large and complex topic covering a broad range of disciplines. Except for those publications which clearly marked their titles as “environmental history,” it is difficult for us to classify which is indeed a study of “environmental history,” let alone provide a comprehensive summary of the current research of Chinese environmental history. However, I would like to share with you my view on this topic from the perspective of historical geography. This paper consists of the current research of Chinese environmental history, its relationship with Chinese historical geography and my view on its future prospects. Keywords: Environmental history, Historical geography, Relation, Future prospects Background This paper was originally prepared for a roundtable on “Chinese Environmental History: Current Research and Future Prospects” at the Eighth International Convention of Asia Scholars. This is a large and complex topic covering a broad range of disciplines. Except for those publications which clearly marked their titles as “environmental history,” it is difficult for us to classify which is indeed a study of “environmental history,” let alone provide a comprehensive summary of the current research of Chinese environmental history. -
“History and Philosophy of Geography I: the Slow, the Turbulent, and the Dissenting”
“HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOGRAPHY I: THE SLOW, THE TURBULENT, AND THE DISSENTING” INNES M. KEIGHREN AUTHOR’S POST-PRINT VERSION ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY DOI: 10.1177/0309132516653285 History and philosophy of geography I: The slow, the turbulent, and the dissenting Innes M Keighren Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Abstract This report takes as its prompt John K Wright’s 1925 ‘plea for the history of geography’—an early call for an inclusive account of geographical thought and practice, embracing both professional and amateur ways of knowing. In reflecting on the extent to which contemporary histories of geography realise the scope of Wright’s ambition, the paper considers how external pressures, such as neoliberalism and academia’s audit culture, function to shape and constrain the writing of those histories. The paper argues for the value of ‘slow’ scholarship as an act of political resistance and as a sine qua non of nuanced and comprehensive historiography. The report concludes by examining how biographical and genealogical approaches to narrating geography’s histories have important implications for the decisions made about inclusion and exclusion, about what and who counts in geography. Keywords biography, genealogy, geosophy, histories of geography, John K Wright, neoliberal academia, slow scholarship The history of geography is often regarded as a somewhat antiquarian and useless background to modern geography … or as the harmless hobby of collectors of old maps. (Wright, 1925a: 194) The history of geography as a whole and in its wider bearings has been neglected … or at least it has not received the attention which any enthusiast may, perhaps, be permitted to regard as its due. -
R. J. Johnston Publications
R. J. JOHNSTON PUBLICATIONS Books and Monographs 1 (with P. J. Rimmer) Retailing in Melbourne. Department of Human Geography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1970, 141 pp. 2 Urban Residential Patterns: An Introductory Review. G. Bell and Sons Ltd., London 1971, 380 pp. (reprinted 1975). 3 Spatial Structures: An Introduction to the Study of Spatial Systems in Human Geography. Methuen and Co. Ltd., London (The Field of Geography Series), 1973, 137 pp. 4 The New Zealanders: How They Live and Work. David and Charles, Newton Abbott, 1976, 168 pp. (Also published in Sydney by the Australian and New Zealand Book Co. and in New York by Praeger.) 5 The World Trade System;: Some Enquiries into its Spatial Structure. G. Bell and Sons Ltd., London, 1976, 208 pp. (Japanese translation published by Kern Associates, Tokyo, 1981). 6 Classification in Geography. Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography Number 6, Study Group in Quantitative Methods, Institute of British Geographers. Published by Geo Abstracts Ltd., Norwich, 1976, 43 pp. 7 (with B.E. Coates and P.L. Knox) Geography and Inequality. Oxford University Press, London 1977, 292 pp. 8 Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Geography: A Primer on the General Linear Model. Longman, London, 1978, 280 pp. (reprinted 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989). 9 Political, Electoral and Spatial Systems. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979, 221 pp. 10 (with P. J. Taylor) Geography of Elections. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1979, 528 pp. (also published by Croom Helm, London and by Holmes and Meier, New York). 11 Geography and Geographers: Anglo-American Human Geography since 1945. Edward Arnold, London, 1979, (and Halsted Press, New York), 232 pp. -
And Physical Activity Monitors to Assess the Built Environment Christopher J
UPCOMING CONFERENCES URISA Leadership Academy December 8–12, 2008 — Seattle, WA 13th Annual GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference February 8–11, 2009 — Charleston, SC URISA’s Second GIS in Public Health Conference June 5–8, 2009 — Providence, RI URISA/NENA Addressing Conference August 4-6, 2009 – Providence, RI URISA’s 47th Annual Conference & Exposition September 29–October 2, 2009 — Anaheim, CA GIS in Transit Conference November 11–13, 2009 — St Petersburg, FL www.urisa.org Volume 20 • No. 2 • 2008 Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Contents REFE R EED 5 Using Global Position Systems (GPS) and Physical Activity Monitors to Assess the Built Environment Christopher J. Seeger, Gregory J. Welk, and Susan Erickson 13 Developing Geospatial Data Management, Recruitment, and Analysis Techniques for Physical Activity Research Barbara M. Parmenter, Tracy McMillan, Catherine Cubbin, and Rebecca E. Lee 21 Space-Time Patterns of Mortality and Related Factors, Central Appalachia 1969 to 2001 Timothy S. Hare 33 Leveling the Playing Field: Enabling Community-Based Organizations to Utilize Geographic Information Systems for Effective Advocacy Makada Henry-Nickie, Haydar Kurban, Rodney D. Green, and Janet A. Phoenix 43 Development of Neighborhoods to Measure Spatial Indicators of Health Marie-Pierre Parenteau, Michael Sawada, Elizabeth A. Kristjansson, Melissa Calhoun, Stephanie Leclair, Ronald Labonté, Vivien Runnels, Anne Musiol, and Sam Herold Journal Publisher: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Editor-in-Chief: Jochen Albrecht Journal Coordinator: Scott A. Grams Electronic Journal: http://www.urisa.org/journal.htm EDITORIAL OFFICE: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 1460 Renaissance Drive, Suite 305, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-1348; Voice (847) 824-6300; Fax (847) 824-6363; E-mail [email protected]. -
Ag2184 New Urban Sociology & Environmental Psychology
AG2184 6.0 credits NEW URBAN SOCIOLOGY & Urbanism Studies ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ABE / KTH FOR URBAN DESIGN Spring 2017 COURSE COORDINATORS Dr. Hélène Littke, Urban and Regional Studies, KTH | [email protected] Dr. Pernilla Hagbert, Urban and Regional Studies, KTH | [email protected] EXAMINER Dr. Tigran Haas, Urban and Regional Studies, KTH | [email protected] COURSE DESCRIPTION Urban Sociology and Environmental Psychology are interdisciplinary fields focused on the sociological study of life and human interaction in urban areas and the interplay between individuals and their surroundings. The course explores the interdependent role cities play in the development of society as a whole, along with the changing character of urbanity. Students are first introduced to key theoretical formulations and models in the area of environmental psychology related to people and places, such as personal space, place attachment, place identity, behavioral settings, environmental restoration, affordances, cognitive maps and wayfinding and others. Relationships between the physical environment, natural and human-made, and the behavior of human beings are studied in-depth; focusing on perceptual, cognitive, and motivational aspects of the human-environmental interaction. The course especially focuses on applications of behavioral studies in urban design projects. The course then goes on to explore theories surrounding urban societal development, starting with the Modern sociological “classics” that shaped urban theory and practice during the 20th century, and followed by a critical review of the issues related to urban (re)development we face today, including aspects of social and environmental (in)justice, gentrification, and “urban sustainability”. The course addresses urban politics, economic systems and housing markets, democracy and participation in public policy processes, and questions of class, gender, ethnicity, and culture in relation to urban environments. -
Historic Preservation, Planning, and Sustainability
A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN AN ERA OF SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING ©2012 Erica Christine Avrami ALL RIGHTS RESERVED A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN AN ERA OF SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING by ERICA CHRISTINE AVRAMI A Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-New Brunswick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Program in Planning and Public Policy written under the direction of Robert W. Lake and approved by ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ New Brunswick, New Jersey May 2012 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION A Systems Approach to Historic Preservation in an Era of Sustainability Planning by ERICA CHRISTINE AVRAMI Dissertation Director: Robert W. Lake, Ph.D. The public outcry over large scale urban renewal projects of the mid-20th century served a catalytic role in the codification of the modern historic preservation movement in the United States. While theories of heritage and its protection underpinned policy development, the discourse surrounding the loss of historic fabric and the fracturing of communities within American cities played a critical role in the institutionalization of the field. It effectively pitted preservation as a counter movement against the public and private interests seeking social progress through rational planning paradigms. The modern preservation infrastructure – including institutions, legislation, and policies – is now half a century old, but the conceptual dynamics that isolated preservation from other land use decision-making at the juncture of its institutionalization persist. The disjuncture between preservation and broader land use and building policies presents new challenges in light of contemporary sustainability concerns. -
Towards Healthy Urbanism: Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable (THRIVES) – an Urban Design and Planning Framework from Theory to Praxis
Cities & Health ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rcah20 Towards healthy urbanism: inclusive, equitable and sustainable (THRIVES) – an urban design and planning framework from theory to praxis Helen Pineo To cite this article: Helen Pineo (2020): Towards healthy urbanism: inclusive, equitable and sustainable (THRIVES) – an urban design and planning framework from theory to praxis, Cities & Health To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1769527 © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Published online: 26 Jun 2020. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rcah20 CITIES & HEALTH https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1769527 ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIP Towards healthy urbanism: inclusive, equitable and sustainable (THRIVES) – an urban design and planning framework from theory to praxis Helen Pineo Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, University College London, London, UK ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening population Received 2 March 2020 inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism – including Accepted 5 May 2020 policies and decisions that shape neighbourhood and building design. The built environment KEYWORDS tends to disadvantage or exclude women, children, the elderly, disabled, poor and other groups, Urban; health and wellbeing; starting from design and planning stages through to occupation, and this results in avoidable design; planning health impacts. Although these concepts are not new, they are rapidly emerging as built environment research and practice priorities without clear understanding of the interconnected aims of healthy environments that are sustainable, equitable and inclusive. -
Historical Geography, Geographical History, and the American Way
7 Historical Geography, Geographical History, and The American Way Edward K. Muller he future of historical geography within the larger discipline of geography seems to some, once again, problematic. In the closing Tdecades of the twentieth century, geographers have accentuated applied and practical pursuits as well as theoretical and policy-oriented studies. Despite more than thirty years of impressive scholarship and a moment in the limelight in the late 1970s when geographers took stock after the mid-century positivistic binge, historical geographers have found themselves increasingly marginalized in the discipline. Younger historical geographers have often had to hitch their historical proclivities to social theory, environmental topics, or cultural analysis in order to find aca- demic employment. Only four years ago, Cole Harris observed that the “disciplinary landscape is being recalibrated. What seems to be hap- pening, at least in North America, is that history is becoming more geo- graphical and that geography is slowly relinquishing the past.”1 He con- cluded that even if new institutional arrangements evolved in the future, what was important was that outstanding humanistic, historical geographi- cal scholarship continue, whatever its disciplinary home. Later I wish to return to his conclusion. Harris made this observation as part of his commentary at the session of the 1998 Association of American Geographers meetings, marking the publication of Volume III of D.W. Meinig’s superb American historical geography, The Shaping of America.2 He noted the paradox that The Shap- ing of America “is one of the most geographical works that any North American geographer could possible write... -
Post-Modernism in Geography
Post-Modernism in Geography Dr. Abhay Krishna Singh Component-I(A) - Personal Details Role Name Affiliation Principal Investigator Prof. Masood Ahsan Siddiqui Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Paper Coordinator, if any Dr.Taruna Bansal Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Content Writer/Author (CW) Dr. Abhay Krishna Singh Assistant Professor Department of Geography Ranchi College, Ranchi University, Ranchi Content Reviewer (CR) Dr.Taruna Bansal Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Language Editor (LE) Component-I (B) - Description of Module Items Description of Module Subject Name Geography Paper Name Geographical Thought Module Name/Title Post-Modernism in Geography Module Id GEOG/36 Pre-requisites Objectives To understand the Post-Modernism in Geography Keywords Modernism, Post-Modernism Geography 1 Post-Modernism in Geography Dr. Abhay Krishna Singh Introduction: According to the Oxford Dictionary of Geography, postmodernism is ‘ philosophical stance which claims that it is impossible to take grand statements – meta-narratives –about the structure of society or about historic causation because everything we perceive, express, and interpret is influenced by our gender, class, and culture and no one interpretation is superior’. “The ‘Post-modern’ is neither a canon of writers nor a body of criticism, though it is often applied to literature of, the last twenty years. The very term signifies a simultaneous continuity and renunciation, a generation strong enough to dissolve the old order, but too weak to marshal the centrifugal forces it has released. This new literature founder in its own hard-won heterogeneity and tends to lose the sense of itself as a human institution.