Geography : the state of the discipline in South Africa 2000-2001
A research team presents the findings of a comprehensive investigation into the status and role of Geography as an academicdiscipline in South Africa. It history and development are traced and current trends assessed. In the final analysis
a positive conclusion is reached and the academic merit and status of the discipline is confirmed. - (AJC)
The spatial evolution of academic geography in the United States
La géographie s'est établie comme une discipline à part aux USA vers la fin du 19e siècle. Le Middle-West constitue le foyer de rayonnement de la discipline ailleurs en Amérique. Avant 1980, le nombre de départements au niveau universitaire n'a pas
The subject-matter presented as geography through popular media, such as geographical magazines, often appears to pay little regard to the academic/school discipline of Geography. Recent developments in a number of those magazines clearly illustrate
the lack of interaction between the two, a lack that is long-established in some countries (such as the USA) but one which has developed more recently elsewhere (as in the UK). Such a divide poses major issues for the academicdiscipline, which geographers
Structural changes in the German system of higher education exert increasing pressure on geography as an academicdiscipline. The paper discusses these forces of change from the viewpoint of an university manager before evaluating the resulting
impacts and challenges for economic geography. It is argued that the discipline needs to strengthen its profile and focus on its core competencies. - (IFL)
Analyse générale de l'enseignement et de la recherche en géographie dans les universités polonaises. Les antécédents historiques de la discipline et son développement dans la période d'entre-guerres sont discutés à la lumière des travaux et des
Biographie ; Discipline universitaire ; Femme ; Histoire de la géographie ; Royaume-Uni ; Siècle 19 ; Siècle 20
The author traces the often overlooked contributions of women to the study of geography in the UK, and illustrates how women played a significant role in the development of the subject as an academicdiscipline. She explores individual biographies
to illuminate the evolving role of British women scholars with reference to European and American geography, other disciplines, and the wider context of socio-economic, political and educational developments. - (HC)
The academic sub-discipline of historical geography in South Africa developed within the broader context of the Anglophone world. The control and exploitation of the land resources has been one of the recurring themes of British and American
physical and human geography, the ongoing polarisation of the academic centres within geography, departures of the most gifted scientists for the leading centres and the increasing significance of the discipline when it comes to practical applications
for a depiction of Polish geography around a decade from now, with several options for the shaping of this outlook in the upcoming years also supplied. Worthy of note among the conclusions arrived at are the maintenance of academic and institutional links between
Gender representation in academic geography in Turkey
La première femme a été nommée à l'Institut de Géographie de l'Université d'Ankara à la faculté des langues et d'histoire-géographie en 1955 et à Istanbul en 1959. Ces nominations n'ont pas mené à de nombreuses embauches dans la discipline. En
Global environmental change provides the discipline of geography with what could be its greatest contemporary challenge. The AA. feel that a postmodern geography would be better placed to work with issues relating to global environmental change
, since researchers could work beyond and between conventional academic categories and polarisations. - (AJC)
Ellen Semple’s Influences of Geographic Environment (1911), a treatise on environmental determinism, coincided with the emergence of geography as an independent academicdiscipline in North America and Great Britain. Written by one of America’s
of the discipline of geography. The A. explains why the volume was encountered differently by different people, at different times and different places, stressing the impact of Semple as a lecturer and the significance of her network of contacts in promoting both
Since its institutionalization as an academicdiscipline, geography has witnessed a progressive move away from materiality, culminating in the cultural turn and in postmodern overemphasis on textuality and representation. Over the last few years
, materiality has reappeared on the agendas of sholars from a wide range of disciplines in the Anglo-Saxon world. In particular, cultural geographers have shown an increasing crirical interest in materiality (embodiment, circulation and performance
as a discipline that relies on its own body of knowledge, it is important to build a common framework of theory and methods, and to start developing specific standards for academic quality assurance, such as the evaluation of research. Strategies to put
définir le paysagisme comme une discipline qui compte sur son propre corpus de connaissances, il est important de construire un tronc commun de théorie et de méthodes et de commencer à développer des normes spécifiques pour l'assurance d'une qualité
these objectives into practice include organising conferences, colloquia and seminars on research and research methodologies, and developing network activities for academic exchange, including links with research communities outside landscape architecture.
International comparison of regional development studies : a survey of academic journals
A note on a comparison between academic publications by various countries on regional science and economic development, with particular emphasis on Japan. - (SGA)
Two outsiders : an aspect of modern academic geography in Japan in Languages, paradigms and schools in geography.
In this paper the A. focussed on two particular geographers as being representative of the outsiders within academic geography, ISHIDA R. and IIZUKA K. - (SGA)