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HGRGNewsletter,Issue1Welcome to the inaugural newsletter of the Human GeographyResearch Group (HGRG).Memberswere asked to contribute someinformation about recent research, teaching or administrativeactivitiesthattheyfeltweresuccesses.Whatyouwillreadbelowis informationaboutwhatmatterstoourmembersasresearchers,teachers,andactivists.Enjoy!JULIECUPPLESProducing and contesting urban marginality: Speculation, public space and socialmovementsintheneoliberalcityInJuly2016,JulieCupplesandTomSlaterincollaborationwithcolleaguesAntonioGallardoand Mario López González Garza at Universidad La Salle in Mexico City organized aworkshoponurbanmarginality.FundedbytheBritishCouncilNewtonFund,theworkshopexplored the material and symbolic mechanisms through which urban marginality isproducedandcontested.Itinvolved30earlycareerscholarsfromtheUKandMexicowhosharedtheirresearchonurbanmarginalityinMexico,theUK,Colombia,BrazilandTurkey.We also undertook a fieldtrip to Palmitas in Hidalgo, where an interesting artisticinterventionledbyartistsGermenCrew(seephoto)hashelpedtoimproveselfesteemandneighbourhood dynamics. More information on the workshop can be found athttp://www.urbanmarginalityrlw.com/

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Communications/Media/Geographies

September 2016 saw the publication of Communications/Media/Geographies, by PaulAdams, Julie Cupples, Kevin Glynn, André Jansson and Shaun Moores. Authored by twogeographers and three media and communication scholars, it seeks to intervene in thegrowingscholarshipattheintersectionofhumangeographyandmediaandcommunicationstudies.Allauthorssetoutpositionstatementsthatilluminatethediversityofapproachesin this fieldand thenembarkona seriesofdiscussionsabout the sortof interdisciplinaryareathatmightemergeasafocusforfuturework.Julie’scontributiontothisbookdrawsonher collaborative researchwith Kevin Glynn (funded by theMarsden Fund) and analysesthrough the lensofmedia convergence the important shifts that have takenplace in theNewZealandmediascape since the adventofMāori Television. It involves analysis of theconvergent activity that surrounds media texts as well as in-depth fieldwork withMāoribroadcasters and mediamakers, including prominent Tūhoe activist, Tame Iti (see photobelow),whosecommunityintheUreweraswassubjecttothehighlymediated2007terrorraids.

Mapping social, cultural and political power on Nicaragua’s North Caribbean Coast: AstakeholderanalysisJulieCuppleshasjustreturnedfromNicaraguawheresheledanESRC-fundedUniversityofEdinburgh Impact Accelerator Account initiative that sought to produce a stakeholderanalysisofcultural,economicandpoliticalpoweronNicaragua’sCaribbeanCoast.Workingwith colleagues fromURACCAN (University of the Autonomous Regions of the CaribbeanCoastofNicaragua)andNGOINGES(InstitutodeInvestigacionesyGestiónSocial),theteamconducted a series of focus groups with Miskito, Mayangna and Black Creole elected,religious,andcivilsocietyleadersinthemunicipalitiesofWaspamandPuertoCabezas/Bilwiin order tomap the barriers to participation. Preliminary findings and recommendations

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were sharedwith the researchparticipants inBilwionThursday27Octoberandwith theNGOsectorinManaguaon31October.

NewbookchaptersJulieCuppleshas contributed co-authored chapters to twoexciting anthologies that havejustbeenpublished.Bothdealwiththewaysinwhichtheconvergentmediaenvironmentisprovidingcitizensandactivistswithnewwaystocontestoppressionandbuildnewformsofcultural citizenship. The first deals with the growing televised visibility of transgenderadvocacyintheUnitedStateswithananalysisoftalkshowsincludingPiersMorganLiveandTheKatieCouricShow,andNetflixdramaOrangeistheNewBlack.Theseconddealswithanti-austerity politics and activism in the UK, and provides an alternative analysis of so-called“povertyporn”.

Cupples J and Glynn K (2016) Neoliberalism, surveillance and media convergence. InSpringer S,Birch K and MacLeavy J (eds)The Handbook of Neoliberalism. London:Routledge,pp.161-175

Vine N and Cupples J (2016) Intersectional geopolitics, transgender advocacy and mediaconvergence. In G Brown and K Browne (eds) The Routledge Research Companion toGeographiesofSexandSexualities.London:Routledge,pp.117-128

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RowmanandLittlefieldTransformingCapitalismbookseriesThis book series, edited by Ian Bruff, Julie Cupples, Gemma Edwards, Laura Horn, SimonSpringer and Jacqui True, provides a platform for the publication of path-breaking andinterdisciplinary scholarshipwhich seeks to understand and critique capitalismalong fourkey lines: crisis,development, inequalityand resistance.Through thisapproach the seriesalerts us to how capitalism is always evolving, and hints at howwe could also transformcapitalismitselfthroughourownactions.TransformingCapitalismisrootedinthevibrant,broad and pluralistic debates spanning a range of approaches in a number of fields anddisciplines.Theserieshasat itscore theassumptionthat theworld is invariousstatesoftransformationandthatthesetransformationsmaybuilduponearlierpathsofchangeandconflictwhile alsopotentially producingnew formsof crisis, development, inequality andresistance.Theeditorsarepleasedtoannouncethatwehavenowpublishedthefirstfourbooks in this series. The series will be officially launched at an event at ManchesterUniversityon30November.

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CommunicationwithHazardMapsinCentralAmerica:Amultidisciplinaryscience-media-communitynetworkElizaCalder(PI),JulieCupples(co-I)andCatherineWard-Thompson(co-I)havejustreceivedaGlobalChallengesResearchFundgranttoexplorethewaysinwhichmapscanbeusedtocommunicate disaster risk to vulnerable populations in Central America. By building anetwork with academics and civil society leaders, we seek to document the utility andlimitations ofmaps in protecting people from the risks posedby earthquakes, hurricanesand volcanic activity. The network will meet in Edinburgh in December 2016 and inGuatemalaCityinApril2017.VictoriaUniversityofWellingtonJulieCuppleshasbeengivenanhonorarypositionasadjunctProfessorofMediaStudiesintheSchoolofEnglish,Theatre,FilmandMediaStudiesatVictoriaUniversityofWellingtoninAotearoaNewZealand.Sheis lookingforwardtospendinghersabbatical interactingwithcolleaguesinthisschool.JANETFISHERDanvanderHorstandIarebothinvolvedinaGlobalChallengesResearchFundbidwhichwas one of two internally selected by Edinburgh to go forward for the following call:'Growing research capability to meet the challenges faced by developing countries':http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/gcrf/growingcapability/Thetitleofthebidis:‘SustainableEnergyProvisionandEnd-UseinSub-SaharanAfricaandSouthAsia’CALEBJOHNSTONNewResearchIreceivedagrantfromtheYukonGovernmenttowriteandperformanewtheatreprojectwithagroupofTlingitandFilipinoartistsinthecityofWhitehorse,Canada.TlingipinoBingorevolvesaroundanactualgameofbingoinwhichaudiencemembersparticipateasplayers(see photos below). The performance provides occasion for community storytelling andexchange, and serious play around issues of distinct but related forms of biopoliticalviolence enacted through settler colonialism and the racialized exploitation of migrantlabour. Performances set the stage to disrupt and unsettle a range of colonial andpostcolonial tropes, offering a glimpse of something beyond privileged narratives ofcitizenship in the Canadian North. Tlingipino Bingo premiered to a sold out and livelyaudienceattheElksLodgeduringWhitehorse’s2016NuitBlancheFestival.

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Publications(Accepted) A traveling script: labour migration, precarity and performance. The DramaReview.[Co-writtenwithProfessorGeraldinePrattandVanessaBanta,UBC](Accepted) Crossing oceans: testimonial theatre, Filipina migrant labour, empathy andengagement.GeoHumanities.[Co-writtenwithGeraldinePratt](2016, early view) Lifetimes of disposability and surplus entrepreneurs in Bagong Barrio,Manila.Antipode.[Co-writtenwithProfessorGeraldinePrattandVanessaBanta,UBC]Talks2017 Ethnographic Performances and Games of Chance in the Decolonizing Present.KeynotetalkforEnvironmentandPlanningD:SocietyandSpaceattheannualconferenceoftheAssociationofAmericanGeographers,Boston.[WithGeraldinePratt]Organized two sessions at the annual meeting of the Royal Geographical Society onPerformanceandPolitics[WithDrAmandaRogers,SwanseaUniversity]2016PerformingPrecarityinBagongBarrio.AnnualMeetingofRoyalGeographicalSociety(withIBG),London.[WithGeraldinePrattandVanessaBanta]

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HAMISHKALLINSUCCESSFULUNDERGRADUATEFIELDTRIPTOATHENSIn early September, with Kanchana Ruwanpura, I successfully led a new undergraduatefieldtrip to Athens, ancient capital of Greece. Students were immersed in a city on thefrontlineofmultipleintersectingcrises:thefiscalcollapseofthestate,thewaveofrefugeesfleeingthewarinSyria,feministpoliticsaroundausterityandrefugees,andthecontinuingreality of harsh austerity measures. Through a series of walking tours organised incollaborationwithlocalactivistsandacademics,studentswereencouragedtoexploresomeof the consequences of these processes, focusing in particular on the political dissent ofstreetart,thecontestedpoliticsofgentrificationandthegendereduseofpublicspace.WewereaccompaniedbyagroupofenthusiasticandcommittedTA's(Benj,Nazli,Fiona,Laura,Ryan, Ross, and Radheeka) and by the School’s Health and Safety manager, RichardChalkley, and are particularly grateful for their assistance and enthusiasm during thefieldwork.

CALUMMACLEODInOctoberIwasaninvitedspeakeratanSNPConferencefringemeetingtitled'Protectinglandscapes - what are the costs and benefits?' hosted by the John Muir Trust. Otherspeakers on the panel included Stuart Brooks (CEO of the JohnMuir Trust) and DiarmidHearns(HeadofPolicyforNationalTrustScotland).Iarguedthatprotectinglandscapeswasnotabinary issueand reflectedon issuesofpower, communityand sustainability in thatcontext. It was useful to engage with and challenge mainstream ideas of landscapeconservationespousedbyotherpanelistsandengageinwiderdialoguewiththeaudience.

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JANPENROSECapeTownFieldCourseInSeptember,oneofourHumanGeographyFieldcoursesdidnotstopinAmsterdam–ashas been the case for over 15 years – but took a sharp turn south from there andtransported54veryexcitedstaffandstudentstoCapeTown. I thinkthat it issafetosaythatthisnewfieldcoursewasaresoundingsuccessandweareallgratefultoTomSlaterforproposingandco-ordinating it,aswellasthosewho lenttheirsupportandenthusiasmtothis innovative teachingeffort (yes, SarahMcAllister, KirstyAllan, Claire Friendand FatenAdam,wemeanyou!).Admittedly,themeaningof‘success’canbedifficulttoagreeon,butthe experiences associated with our time there, and the feedback from all concernedsuggests that this trip has been transformative in positive ways for the vast majority ofparticipants.Letmetrytoexplain…Our trip began with the mildly miraculous achievement of everyone showing up atEdinburgh Airport on time – despite it being an ungodly hour of 4.00am – and we allchecked in and flew toAmsterdamwithout incident. Our departure fromAmsterdam toCapeTowngotalittletensewhenoneofourstudentswasconfusedwithapersonwantedbySouthAfrican Immigrationandwasrefusedpermissiontoboardtheaircraftuntilwhatfeltliketheverylastminute…perhapsitwas,astheplanetaxiedoffassoonaswetookourseats.Inanycase,thisepisodecontributedtogrowinggroupsolidarityandtheflightsouthwaslongandhorizon-expanding:formany,thiswastheirfirsttriptoAfrica.WecopedwellwithminorconfusionsabouttransportfromCapeTownairporttoourhotelandthingsonlyimprovedfromthere.SubsequentdayswerespentexploringthehistoricaldevelopmentofCapeTown,especiallytherootsofculturaland‘racial’inequality,colonialismandslavery,aswellasmorerecentprocessofgentrification.TheseinquiriestookustotheSlaveLodge,theDutchEast India (VOC)CompanyGardens, theCapeMalayneighbourhoodofBo-Kaap,aswellasnearbytownshipsand informalsettlements–allofwhichtaughtstudentstohonetheirskillsofdetectingtangibleandintangiblelegaciesofthesehistoriesalongsideongoingprocessesoftransformationintheurbanandculturallandscapesofCapeTown.The course then built on this growing sense of how Cape Town had come to acquire itscurrentform,tofocusontheexperiencesandconsequencesofapartheidpoliciesthatwereenactedbetween1948and1994.Thispartofourfieldcourseinvolvedheart-wrenching,butalso intellectually challenging and rewarding, visits to District Six and the High SecurityPoliticalPrisononRobbenIsland.DistrictSix liesclosetoCapeTown’scitycentreandwashometoavibrantmulticultural,multiracialandsociallymixedcommunityofsome60,000people. In1966,underthemandateof theGroupAreasAct,mostof thiscommunitywasrazedtothegroundanditspeoplewereforciblyremovedtonew‘townships’sometwenty-five kilometres away in order tomake room for “white persons only”. These deceptivelynamed ‘townships’, were segregated according to presumptive and arbitrary ‘racial’classifications.Atthesametime,activeresistanceto,andcondemnationof,thesepoliciesand their implementation – at multiple geographical scales – granted District Six thecapacityto‘taintbyassociation’andmostofithasremainedvacanttothepresentday.Itis

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hardtofindclearerormoremovingexamplesofthepowerofideastoshapelandscapes–and lives. Itwasourgoodfortunetobeguidedthroughthishistoryby JoeSchaffersandNoorEbrahim,bothformerresidentsofDistrictSixandnowactivesupportersoftheDistrictSixMuseum.OurexperiencesatRobbenIslandalsoexposedustotheremarkablecapacityforplacetoconveyrepresentationsofthepastand, intheprocess,toadvanceoften-competingviewsofthepresent,aswellasaspirationsforthefuture.RobbenIslandisoftenconsideredoneofthemostsymbolicallychargedplacesanywhereintheworldanditwasanidealplacetoexplore how sites of state violence and gross human inequality can be appropriated bynation-buildingagendastosupportcallsfortransformation–inthiscaseforamoretolerantandjustnationalfuture.Afteraguidedbustouroftheislanditself,wehadtheenormousgood fortune to be taken through the prison by ex-political prison, Derick Basson. Hisdemeanour and eloquence were lessons in human dignity in their own right, but theinformationDerickconveyedtostudentsabouthisownexperiencesofincarcerationintheprisonkept themspell-bound foroveranhour. Wewereall givenamaster class inhowresistancetoinequalityandinjusticecanbehonourableandeffectivebutalso,sadly,tothefact thatmanywhoonce sharedanti-apartheid ideals andwent toprison for them,havesincerisentopositionsofrelativepowerbyturningtheirbackonsolidarity;workinginsteadfor their own self-advancement. Would that this phenomenon was not so common invirtuallyallcontexts….The last key element of our engagement with life in Cape Town involved working withPeople’sEducation,anNPOwhichconteststhewaysinwhichblackbodiesarepolicedandexcludedfromurbanspace;protestsagainstunaffordablerenthikesandlandevictionsanddisplacement;anddrawsattentiontothepersistenceofwhiteprivilegeinthecityofCapeTown.Theyalso runandorganisea rangeofpopulareducationprojects in the township,andourstudentshadtheopportunitytospendaday,insmallgroups,withseveraloftheseventures.Itmaybetoosoonstilltoknowexactlywhatwelearnedfromtheseengagementsbutmostofuswereexposedtoboth theangerandthewarmthof theseactivists, to thefrustrationsofpoororganisation,totheenormityofthechallengestheycontendwith,andtotheunusualpositioningofbeing“abunchofwhitekids”.Atleastonelessonfromthesevariousexperiencesmaybethatthingsdon’thavetogo ‘right’ inorderforthemtoallowprofoundandpossiblylife-changinginsights.Ihopethatweneverforgetthesincerityofoneour students who expressed the hope that, “I can begin to unlearn my white privilegetoday”.Allinall,thestudentswereexposedtopeopleandplacesthatwilllikelystaywiththemforalong time to come. Cape Town is a captivating city of enormous beauty but also ofastounding inequalitiesandcontradictions. Aswehoped, itprovedtobean idealsite forexploringhowradicallydifferentlifechanceshaveemergedalongthelinesofrace,gender,and class, but also for scrutinising policies that have been designed to address poverty,inequalityandsocialjustice,withvaryingdegreesofsuccess.Itwasaprofoundpleasuretospend time with some of our remarkable students and to observe their often excellentresearch as well as their considered and powerful presentations about this independentwork. In thewordsofoneof thesestudents, thiswas the“mostamazing trip Ihaveeverbeenon!I learntsomuchaboutgeography,theworldandmyself!Please,please,runthis

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Former political prisoner Derick Basson, teaching us about anti-apartheid activism and his experiences ofincarcerationonRobbenIsland.KANCHANARUWANPURAGender,PlaceandCultureAppointsNewEditor:Dr.KanchanaN.RuwanpuraSowhat counts as academicwork these days? What is valued inUniversity settings andappropriatelyrecognised?WhenIwasappointed-throughanopenandcompetitivecallforapplicants-asanEditorofGender,PlaceandCultureinJunethisyear-Iwasthrilled!Whileafeministscholar,Iamnogeographerbytraining;asocialscientistthathashadon-the-jobtrainingtotransformintoageographerinthepastdecade-onethatstartedwithanarrayof amazing colleagues at the University of Southampton (2006-2013). Hence, to beappointed to the leading feminist geography journal as an Editorwas a real honoUr andprivilege!GiventherecognitionthattheUniversityofEdinburghgetswhenweacademics,feminist scholars included,makes it to be as Editors of leading journals in our fields,wehope that this largely volunteer work that contributes to the academic community isappropriately recognisedwithin ourworkload. This feminist concernofwhat counts andwhatdoesnotasvaluableacademicwork,however,isstilltomakeheadway...

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KRITHIKASRINIVSANPublications2016(includingapieceinanewsmagazine):PoliticalEcology,Development,andHumanExceptionalismSrinivasan,K.&Kasturirangan,R.Oct2016In:Geoforum.75,p.125–128Towardsapoliticalanimalgeography?Srinivasan,K.2016In:PoliticalGeography.50,p.76-78WhattheFightsovertheBeefBanandJallikattutellusabouttheCulturalPoliticsofAnimalWelfareSrinivasan,K.1Feb2016TheWire;http://thewire.in/20564/the-cultural-politics-of-animal-welfare-in-india/Fundedresearchprojects2016:Working-classenvironmentalismsintheageoftransnationalmarkets;BA/LeverhulmeSmallGrantSrinivasan,K.(PI),withCo-IBickerstaff,KRemaking zoopolis: Human-street dog cohabitation and rabies prevention in India;WellcomeTrustSociety&EthicsSmallGrantSrinivasanK(PI)withCo-Is:SinhaA,KurzT,HinchliffeSProductionwithmedicalisation:apilotinterventioninglobalproteinproduction,ESRCAMRpump-priminggrantHinchliffe S (PI) with Co-Is Srinivasan K and Tyler C, and partners CEFAS, Worldfish andARBAN(ActivityforReformationofBasicNeeds).TOMSLATERI am shortly to deliver the DavidM. Smith Annual Lecture at QueenMary, University ofLondon(on30thNovember);oneofthemostprestigiouslecturesinBritishgeographyandwithoutquestionthebiggesthonourofmycareersofar.This comes after delivering the following international keynote lectures in recentmonths(these were never deemed newsworthy enough for various editions of the Schoolnewsletter,buttheywereabigdealforme!):1)inBeirut,LebanoninMarch2015(theopeningkeynotetoamajorinternationalconferenceattheAmericanUniversityofBeirutentitled“OtherGentrifications:UrbanChangebeyondtheCore”) 2)inMaynooth,IrelandinJuly2015(keynotelecturetoYorkUniversity/NUIMaynoothSummerSchool,"ReinventingIrelandaftertheCrash")3)inBarcelona,SpaininSeptember2015(keynotelectureto"GlobalCapitalismand

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ProcessesofUrbanRegeneration:ATributetoNeilSmith",atMACBA:Museud'ArtContemporanideBarcelona)4)inSantiago,ChileinNovember2015(openingkeynotelecturetotheAnnualConferenceoftheCentrodeEstudiosdeConflictoyCohesiónSocial:“UrbanandTerritorialConflicts:ContestingSocialCohesion?")5)inHelsinki,FinlandinDecember2015(keynotelectureto"MakingSocialKnowledge"conference,UniversityofHelsinki)6)inHongKong,ChinainMarch2016(keynotelectureto“UrbanActivism:ADialogueEastandWest,NorthandSouth,CityUniversityofHongKong),7)inFerrara,ItalyinJune2016(keynotelectureto“TheRighttotheCityandSpatialJustice”conference,UniversityofFerrara).Othernews:

• I have been appointed as Visiting Professor at 1) the Department of Sociology,University of Trento, and 2) the Faculty of Urbanism at the University of Chile,Santiago

• IwasrecentlyappointedasoneoftheManagingEditorsofTheSociologicalReview,oneofthetopjournalsinthedisciplineofSociology.

• I’ve recently served as external examiner of Ph.D. theses in 3 different Europeaninstitutions (Barcelona, Trento and Ghent), and I was appointed to the role ofExternalExaminerfortheMAinGlobalUrbanJusticeattheUniversityofLeeds.

• Several journal articles and book chapters have been published in the last 12months,withmanymoreinpress.Detailsonmywebsite.

• IhavehadpublicationstranslatedintoFinnish,SpanishandTurkish,andthismeansmywritingshavenowseentranslationintoatotalof8differentlanguages

• Imogen Tyler (Sociology, Lancaster) and I were successful in The SociologicalReview's Monograph Series competition, and together we will edit amonograph/specialissueentitled"TheSociologyofStigma"(publicationdate2018).

• JulieCupples(PI)andIsecuredfundingforaBritishCouncilResearchLinksworkshopentitled“Producingandcontestingurbanmarginality:Speculation,publicspaceandsocialmovements in theneoliberal city”. Weheld thisworkshop (forearly careerscholars from the UK and Mexico) in Mexico City in July 2016, and it was afascinating, enjoyable and productive occasion - with an anthology now in thepipeline.

• IamveryproudtohaveworkedwithJulieCupplesandJanPenroseonourinauguralfield course to Cape Town for 3rd year undergrads, for which I served as courseorganiser.Thetripwasaresoundingsuccessand lifechanging for thestudents. Itwastrulyahighlightofmy lifetotakethestudentstotheDistrictSixMuseum,aninstitution that preservesmemories of a thriving central city neighbourhood (onethatwasrazedtothegroundunderapartheidbecauseitsresidentswerenon-white),tohelpthemunderstandtheimportanceofplaceforhumanexistence.

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JoeSchaffers,aformerresident,teachingusaboutthetragedyofforcedevictionfromtheneighbourhoodofDistrictSix,CapeTown.SAMSTADDON

1. IhadareallygreatdiscussionwithsomeonefromtheDutchenergyindustryattheBEHAVE conference in Portugal – we shared our disparate experiences of theinterplay of personal andprofessional subjectivities in relation to researchon andpracticesofenergy,wesharedreferencestotheworkofotherswhohadinspiredus,andwehaveagreedtokeepintouchwithregardsworkingtogetherinthefuture

2. MyPhDsuperviseewrotemealovelyemailabouthowmuchtheyappreciatedthe

timeI’dputintocommentingontheirwork,andthewidersupportIofferedthem

3. SomeonefromthenetworkofenergyresearchersandpractitionersIhelptomanagetolduswewere“anetworkwithaheart”

4. I found out I’ve been awarded an ESRC Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF)

Postdoctoral Fellowship – this has been such great news, mostly because of the

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freedomandtimeI’llhavetositandreadandthinkandreflect,andalsobecauseI’llgettointroducemytwolittlegirlstoNepalwhenIgoonfieldwork

DANVANDERHORSTIwaspleasedtoleadthishumangeographypublication:VanderHorstD.,HarrisonC., StaddonS. andWoodG. (2016). ImprovingEnergy LiteracythroughStudent-LedFieldwork-atHome.JournalofGeographyinHigherEducation40(1),67-76.MARISAWILSONMyeditedvolume:Postcolonialism,IndigeneityandStrugglesforFoodSovereignty,hasjustbeenpublishedbyRoutledge:https://www.routledge.com/Postcolonialism-Indigeneity-and-Struggles-for-Food-Sovereignty-Alternative/Wilson/p/book/9781138920873This book explores connections between activist debates about food sovereignty andacademic debates about alternative food networks. The ethnographic case studiesdemonstratehowdivergenthistoriesandgeographiesofpeople-in-placeopenuporcloseoff possibilities for alternative/sovereign food spaces, illustrating the globally uneven andvaried development of industrial capitalist food networks and of everyday forms ofsubversionandaccommodation.How, forexample,dorelationsbetweenalternative foodnetworks and mainstream industrial capitalist food networks differ in places withcontrasting histories of land appropriation, trade, governance and consumer identities tothoseinEuropeandnon-indigenousspacesofNewZealandortheUnitedStates?Howdoindigenouspopulationsnegotiatebetweenmaintainingasenseofmoralconnectednesstotheiragri-andacqua-culturallandscapesandsubverting,orindeedappropriating,industrialcapitalist approaches to food? By delving into the histories, geographies and everydayworldsof(post)colonialpeoples,thebookshowshowcolonialpowerrelationsofthepastandpresentcreatemoreopportunitiesforsomealternativeproducer–consumerandstate–market–civilsocietyrelationsthanothers.

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