Mark your calendars! It’s a Call for Papers!
15th Annual Mini-Conference
on Critical Geography
Ohio University, Athens Ohio, October 3rd – 4th, 2008
UPDATED CONFERENCE POSTER
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FINAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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2008 CONFERENCE PRESENTER ABSTRACTS AND BIOS
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HOW TO GET TO ATHENS
Directions and maps to the conference: www.ohio.edu/athens/travel.html
HOW TO FIND THE CONFERENCE BUILDING & PARKING
OU campus and parking map with relevant buildings highlighted: View and download.
EXPERIENCE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF SOUTHEAST OHIO
If you are an outdoor enthusiast and would like to experience the natural beauty that Southeast Ohio has to offer, this website, www.athensohio.com, has links to information on the local State Parks and National Forests. Hocking Hills State Park is highly recommended; it is there that you will find such great landformations as Old Man's Cave and the Cantwell Cliffs.
Parking for the Conference: Free parking close to Margaret Walter Hall and Baker University Center can be found in lot 134 just off of South Green Drive. See the pdf campus parking map. This lot is free and available to anyone after 5PM on Friday. It is free and available to anyone all day Saturday and Sunday too. Bear in mind that there are metered spaces in the lot which are enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!!! You should not need to park in those metered spaces, however. Also, if you anticipate using the handicapped parking spaces in this lot, please contact Harold Perkins at critgeog2008@gmail.com as the Ohio University requires handicap parking stickers to be validated. There is also a parking garage adjacent to the Baker University Center in which you must pay by the hour to park. Its access is located off of Oxbow Trail. See the pdf campus parking map. Paid parking in the garage is enforced by the university 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Scope
of the Conference
This two-and-a-half day
conference aims to provide an inclusive venue for the broad discussion of
themes in critical geography. While the conference was borne of geography, we
welcome all interdisciplinary work that examines the geographies of critical
social theory and progressive political praxis. In recent years, papers and
panels have been presented on a broad array of topics, and possible topics for
presentation could include:
Cities &
Citizenship •
Gentrification & Urban Struggles • Peace Studies • Political Ecology including the
Social Production of the Environment
• Contemporary Policy Studies • Interactions between Human and
Physical Geographies • Critical Geopolitics • GIS and Society • Post-Colonial Issues
• Cultural Politics • Globalization • Marxian Studies • Identity including Race, Class,
Gender, Sexuality, (Dis)Ability, Age • CyberSpaces • Institutional Economics • Space, Place, and Power • Emotional Geographies • Local Politics and Geographies • Social Movements • Development • Sustainability
• Extreme Geographies • Migration, Transnationalism,
& Post-Nationalism • Terrorism • Urban Ecology • Neoliberalism •
Counter-mapping
This list of topics is not meant to be exhaustive. We encourage those interested in participating to explore any range of interests and to use the conference as an opportunity to expand their current research agenda, explore new theoretical landscapes, increase inter-disciplinary linkages, and/or receive feedback on works in progress.
Brief
History of the Conference:
Since 1994, the Conference has grown to become one of the most challenging and
stimulating venues for intellectual exchange in critical geography. It is
recognized by geographers and other critical social scientists as a valuable
forum in which everyone from beginning graduate students to senior faculty can
interact and exchange ideas in a small-conference setting. Again this year,
the organizers affirm the expanding profile of the Conference and its national
interest by crossing out the 'Mini' sobriquet and instituting a modest but
meaningful expansion of the scope and scale of the Conference. It has become
increasingly evident that this event is no longer 'mini,' either in participation
or in reputation. In a spirit of affirmative negation without erasure we have
modestly transformed the title of the conference to reflect the rhizomatic
spread and intergalactic extent of mini/many critical geographies.
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Year |
Location |
Hosts |
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1994 |
U of Cincinnati |
K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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1995 |
U of Cincinnati |
K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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1996 |
U of Cincinnati |
K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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1997 |
U of Cincinnati |
K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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1998 |
U of Cincinnati |
K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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1999 |
U of Cincinnati |
K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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2000 |
U of Cincinnati |
A. Wood, K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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2001 |
U of Cincinnati |
H. Stafford, K. Cox & J.P. Jones |
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2002 |
U of Kentucky |
J.P. Jones & M. England |
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2003 |
U of Illinois |
D. Wilson, J. Ely, D. Beck, & A. Sengupta |
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2004 |
Indiana State U |
J. Gattrell |
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2005 |
Miami U |
P. Ehrkamp, T. Klak & B. D'Arcus |
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2006 |
Ohio State U |
M. Thomas, M. Coleman & J. Wainwright |
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2007 |
U of Kentucky |
P. Ehrkamp, M. Robertson, A. Secor, M. Detamore |
Organization
and Format
The conference will commence the evening of Friday October 3rd, 2008 with a
keynote address by Dr. Paul Robbins of the Department of Geography and Regional
Development at The University of Arizona. Immediately following Dr. Robbins’
address we will celebrate our coming together during a welcome reception at
Ohio University’s 1804 Lounge. These opening events will be followed by
concurrent paper and panel sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
Paper Presentations
Paper presenters should submit a paper title along with other required
information (see Submission of Abstracts below). Paper sessions will include
three to four papers and a discussant or four to five papers without a
discussant (generally twelve to fifteen minutes per paper, with time reserved
at the end for discussion or after each paper per the chair’s discretion). In
mid-August 2008, sessions will be organized, and discussants and chairs will be
identified. Paper presenters should forward their paper to their discussant if
applicable via e-mail no later than September 26th. The purpose of
the discussant is to begin a group discussion of the ideas and concepts
presented in the papers; consequently, discussants should be provided with the
presentation materials as soon as possible.
Panels,
Roundtables, and Other Group Discussions
If you wish to organize a panel, roundtable, or an entirely different format for
a group dialogue, please provide a title for your session and the contact
information for all panelists/participants. Titles for individual
contributions (if relevant) should also be provided. Group session organizers
are responsible for the specific allocation of time and structure of the panel
session. Please note that we reserve the right to add a panelist to previously
organized panels if the topics fit.
Alternative
Formats
Because we wish to provide a
forum for discussion of themes in and the nature of critical geography,
interested participants should feel free to suggest ways of presenting their
research, ideas, and art beyond formal the traditional confines of paper
sessions. We shall attempt to accommodate performances, round tables, panels,
and other communicative fora. If you are unsure about the practicability of a
particular format, please contact us at critgeog2008@gmail.com. When
submitting ideas for such sessions, please provide a detailed description of
the format as well the contact information for all participants. Alternative
format session organizers are responsible for the specific allocation of time
and structure of the session.
Submission
of Abstracts:
The target deadline for proposing a panel or roundtable, submitting a paper to
the mini-conference, or describing an alternative session is August 11, 2008.
Submit abstracts and/or proposals for panels, roundtables, or alternative
formats including title of the paper/session and contact information to critgeog2008@gmail.com.
All submitters should include an abstract of 400 - 500 words describing their
paper or session, and a brief bio of each participant with contact information
and any title/affiliation you would like placed in the program.
Accommodations:
Ohio University graduate students and faculty are willing to host
graduate students in their homes. If you would like to stay with an Ohio University
graduate student or faculty, please contact Harold Perkins at critgeog2008@gmail.com.
Please put the word “accommodations” in the email title.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Ohio University Inn located adjacent to the conference venues. The rate is $99.00 plus tax per room (for two queen beds or one king). Call (866) 593-6661 and mention the “Critical Geography Conference” to receive the discounted rate, which is only available until September 3rd. Or visit the Ohio University Inn Web site to go directly to the discounted reservation online. We strongly encourage you to make your reservations early because Athens is a small college town with limited hoteling that often sells out rather quickly.
Additional info:
Please feel free to email Harold Perkins and Jen Gieseking at critgeog2008@gmail.com with any questions. In the next couple of weeks we will post additional details on our Web site at www.ohio.edu/geography/. We look forward to seeing you in the fall!