Geographies and Theories of Geography: An Introduction

Abstract

Approaching Nordic human geography as an evolving community of practice with strong historical-geographical legacies, this chapter introduces the two overarching themes of the book. On the one hand, we foreground how geography has been, and is, theorised in Nordic human geography, particularly (but not exclusively) as socio-spatial theory. On the other hand, if often intersecting with the former, we seek to highlight the importance of historical-geographical context in geographical theorising and research. Following from this, and acknowledging that the balancing of these themes differs between the individual contributions, the chapter outlines the approach of the book.

History and philosophy of geography I: Heterodox progress, critical scepticism and intellectual voluminosity

“…Historical Geographies of Critical Geography (Berg et al, 2022) and Socio-Spatial Theory in Nordic Geography. Intellectual Histories and Critical Interventions (Jakobsen et al, 2022), complemented by Larsen's (2022) account of Danish Radical Geography, which prolongs the work initiated by Barnes and E Sheppard's (2019) Spatial Histories of Radical Geography: North America and Beyond.…”

Book review: Schwierigkeiten mit der kritischen Geographie

“…In den letzten Jahren gab es in der kritischen Geographie Bestrebungen, die historische Eigenwahrnehmung, die kritische Selbstreflexion und den intellektuellen Pluralismus innerhalb der eigenen Disziplin besser zum Ausdruck zu bringen (Keighren et al, 2013;Berg et al, 2022;Jakobsen et al, 2022;Barnes und Sheppard, 2019;Larsen, 2022;Berndt und Boeckler, 2008;Goeke, 2013;Redepenning, 2009). So wichtig diese Bestrebungen sind, sie liefern keine Antwort auf die Frage, welche Art der Reflexivität dieser Wissenschaftsbereich eigentlich bedarf (Coburn und Gormally, 2017).…”

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“…(Dasgupta & Patel, 2017). Во Источна Европа и Скандинавските држави (Финска и Шведска), на повеќето Универзитети географијата е поделена на оддели за физичка и хумана географија (Jakobsen et al, 2022).…”

“…(Dasgupta & Patel, 2017). In Eastern Europe and the Scandinavian countries (Finland and Sweden), at most universities, geography is divided into physical and human geography departments (Jakobsen et al, 2022).…”