Realistical spatial abstraction ? Marxist observations of a claim within critical realist geography
In the paper, the A. wishes to question the methodological power of critical realism for social geographical thought. By recourse to Hegel, Marx and Lefebvre, he wants to show that critical realist and critical realist geographers in fact pursue
Politische Geographie. Handlungsorientierte Ansätze und Critical Geopolitics
Géographie politique. Essai axé sur l'action et la critical geopolitics
Géographie politique ; Géopolitique ; Territoire ; Théorie
Geopolitics ; Political geography ; Territory ; Theory
Les 19 contributions s'intéressent à la géographie politique et à la géopolitique (critical geopolitics, écologie politique, théorie commerciale). Les débats concernant la méthode et la théorie scientifiques se trouvent au premier plan. - (HPB)
Criticalgeographies of fat/bigness/corpulence. Symposium
Criticalgeography ; Human body ; Obesity ; Policy ; Social sciences
Corps humain ; Géographie critique ; Obésité ; Politique ; Sciences sociales
This symposium is situated within the growing interest in geography and the wider social sciences in the politics of body size and fatness. Four paper critically interrogate the singularity of the obesity epidemic/problem/debate as it is evoked
Capital accumulation ; Capitalism ; Criticalgeography ; Decision ; Economy ; Epistemology ; Human geography ; Mathematics
Accumulation du capital ; Capitalisme ; Décision ; Economie ; Epistémologie ; Géographie critique ; Géographie humaine ; Mathématique ; Stratégie politique
The purpose of the sessions is to explore the possibilities for crossing the boundary of and forging creative connections between critical/qualitative and analytical/quantitative geographies. The papers ask in what ways theoretical and conceptual
reasoning grounded in numbers can contribute to critical economic geography. All offer a postcultural turn perspective on quantitative approaches.
[b1] Dept. of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Etats-Unis
This paper reviews the diverse literatures on negative experiences of home at the domestic scale and sets out an agenda to further criticalgeographies of home. Tying into broader debates in criticalgeography on the delineations between the mapping
is capitalized upon by pushing towards a criticalgeography that simultaneously illuminates and catalyses the addressing of domestic injustice.
[b1] Dep. Geography, Royal Holloway, Univ. London, Egham, Royaume-Uni
through which the world inspires affective attachment. It focuses on the nature of being critical and the character of critique in human geography.
The paper makes sense of, and space for, the unintelligibility of enchantment in order to encourage a less repressed, more cheerful way of engaging with the geographies of the world. It explores how geographers have employed enchantment as a force
Geographies of toponymic inscription : new directions in critical place-name studies
The AA. provide a selective genealogy of the critical turn in place-name studies and consider three approaches to analyzing spatial inscription as a toponymic practice : political semiotics, governmentality studies, and normative theories of social
Concept ; Epistemology ; Space ; Theoretical geography
. For that, the epistemological constructivism is used as a basis and will be extented by the theory of social systems by Luhmann. Through a brief analysis of objects the second part attempts to arrive at a sketch of space-related semantics. In addition the approach of critical
Criticalgeography ; Epistemology ; History of geography ; Man-environment relations ; Quantitative geography ; Research technique ; Social geography ; Transportation geography
Epistémologie ; Géographie critique ; Géographie des transports ; Géographie quantitative ; Géographie sociale ; Histoire de la géographie ; Relation homme-environnement ; Technique de recherche
On peut se demander si les méthodes quantitatives se prêtent bien aux recherches en géographie critique, notamment celles qui concernent la justice et les inégalités sociales. Un antagonisme entre les géographies critique et quantitative ne serait