Critical Cartography as Transformational Learning

by David Meek, University of Georgia A fundamental principle of critical geography is that maps are embodiments of power, differentially legitimizing particular communities, histories, and practices...
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Crofters, crafters, diggers and dreamers: Romantics or radicals?

by Naomi Millner, University of Bristol There’s a new political movement on the scene and it’s not afraid to get out its knitting-needles. Craftivism is “the practice of engaged creativity,...
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Rio+20, climate change, and critical scholarship: Beyond the critique of ‘green neoliberalism’?

by Sara Nelson, University of Minnesota According to critical accounts of the recent Rio+20 summit, the results of the convention were predictable: failure to reach binding agreements; a lack of...
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Rio+20 and the People’s Summit: Dialogic or Disconnected Spaces?

by David Meek, University of Georgia Critical educational scholars have extensively explored the diversity of ways in which people learn within social movements (Welton 1993; Spencer 1995; Walter...
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Thoughts on transition: Public education, social justice, and geography

by Rachel Brahinsky, UC Berkeley This was originally presented at the commencement ceremony for the Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley in May 2012. Many thanks to Rachel for...
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Occupy Homes MN: The anti-foreclosure movement builds solidarity among debtors

by Sara Nelson, University of Minnesota At 4 am on Monday 25 May, officers of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department raided the home of the Cruz family in south Minneapolis, busting through the...
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Sewers and Sewerage Workers in India

by Lalit Batra, University of Minnesota In her much-publicized address to the joint session of the parliament the President of India, Pratibha Patil, recently declared her government’s intention to...
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Aishwarya Rai and critical geographies of fat/bigness/corpulence

by Andy Davies, University of Liverpool The British press last month took a perverse delight in pointing out a perceived ‘backlash’ in India against the Bollywood film star Aishwarya Rai and her...
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Critical geographies of meat?

by Sean Gillon, University of Wisconsin - Madison Several years ago, I signed up for a meat industry newsletter for research purposes.  I became accustomed to unsettling meatingplace.com news about...
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