Diffusing the light of liberty: the geography of political lecturing in the Chartist movement
Cultural studies ; Historical geography ; Nineteenth Century ; Political geography ; Political life ; United Kingdom
Lecturing activity was central to the ambitions of thre Chartist movement for universal suffrage in early Victorian Britain because it was emblematic of Chartist political aims. The article describes the organizational geography of the Chartist
The zealousness of being novel : a reply to Haila in Space and analytical political economy.
In response to Haila's invitation to further discussion on urban land rent theory, the A.'s earlier critique of Ball's reformulation and Haila's misunderstandings of this critique are clarified.
From ethnic to national : political geography in Slovenia
Balkans ; Cultural studies ; Ethnic composition ; Minority ; Multiculturalism ; Political geography ; Slovenia ; Territorial identity
Early research has made the Slovenian ethnic component in Austria, Italy and Hungary a laboratory of studies on the minority–majority relations, as well as on ethnic migration. Studies during the “cold war era” have shown ways to overcome political
Early gentrification and the public realm : a case study of West End in Brisbane, Australia
This article examines early gentrification and the public realm through a case study of West End in Brisbane, Australia. It is argued that early gentrification, because of the change it brings, has been consistent with the maintenance and protection
[b1] School of Political Science and International Studies, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australie
Early industrialization in the South Atlantic: political influences on the charqueadas of Rio Grande do Sul before 1860
Brazil ; Conflict ; Extensive livestock farming ; Historical geography ; Investment ; Landscape ; Meat ; Nineteenth Century ; Political geography ; Production technique ; Regionalism ; Rio Grande do Sul
at Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Political instabilities brought a shifting geography of salt-beef production, both in the Plata and in Rio Grande do Sul.
Geography and the Paris Academy of Sciences : politics and patronage in early 18th-century France
the Academy's epistemological foundations and prompted a debate about the educational and political significance of geography as a scientific practice. It shows that the death in 1726 of Guillaume Delisle, a prominent Academy astronomer, led to a spirited
campaign to elect Philippe Buache, to a new Academy position as a geographer rather than an astronomer. It concludes that this campaign emphasised the social and political utility of geography, though the Academy's decision to recognise this new
Althusserianism and the political culture of the Argentine New Left
Argentina ; Cultural policy ; Cultural studies ; Esthetics ; Ideology ; Political geography ; Political regime ; Twentieth Century
This article investigates the impact of Althusserianism on the cultural politics of the Argentine New Left during the late 1960s and early 1970s. First, it surveys the intellectual trajectory of Juan Carlos Portantiero, a New Left intellectual
, scholar, and political activist whose writings left a mark on the Argentine historiography of Peronism. Second, it turns to Los Libros (1969–1976), a journal of cultural criticism run by a 1960 cohort of internationally renowned Argentine intellectuals
. It analyzes the group’s Althusser-inspired intervention into contemporaneous debates on the meaning of Peronism and the link between aesthetics and politics. It concludes by registering the productive influence of Althusserianism on Argentine intellectual
Supplement and up-to-date extension to earlier papers on ecological evaluation for planning purposes. Scientific, strategic and political objections against ecological evaluation in its present shape are discussed. Recent Belgian developments.
The cultural politics of place: local representation and oppositional discourse in two films
The paper suggests that the main reason for the neglect of examples of resistance in the cultural politics of place may be the bipolar model of culture. This model establishes a hegemonic ideology which becomes the focus of critique. The paper
prefers to draw on the notion of cultural hybridity in order to be able to discuss two films made in the early 1970s by local groups in the east of London. Discussion centres on contemporary definitions of community media and on their realist aesthetic.
Conflict ; Danube ; Europe ; Geopolitics ; History ; Political geography ; Region
The study aims to summarize the concepts on Danube area (political schemes, spatial issues of development plans) considering to the differences of concerned (existing today and existed earlier) countries’ views. Its political importance
Modernity and life politics : conceptualizing the biodiversity crisis
, the hypothesis of an emerging global agenda of life politics. It locates the biodiversity crisis within current controversies. It is suggested to trace the development of this policy area back to the early 20th century and to reread it in the light of different
Every creed and party : town tenant protest in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ireland
to mount a campaign of their own. It was subsumed within the nationalist-unionist schism. The gestation of urban tenant protest and the campaign for urban tenurial rights are examined. It shows how the nationalist issue negated this axis of political
Reshaping boundaries : international ethics and environmental consciousness in the early twentieth century
In the first two decades of the 20th century, particular interpretations of nature-society relations emerged within a political and social context marked by concern over the need to rehabilitate British society. The work of a group of scientists
Shrines and neighbourhood in early nineteenth-century Pune, India
of regional and folk deities. The relation of Muslim shrines to Hindu places of devotion is also considered. Analysis reveals shrines in the ritual, ceremonial and political core of Pune with a strong degree of place rootedness.