Sharing academic space

Postcolonial Practices for a Global Virtual Group: The Case of the International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT)

“…There is considerable and widespread pressure to publish in top-ranked 'Anglo-American' journals-an emphasis that applies particularly for more junior scholars, establishing an unfortunate model of practice for professional development. Not only does this pressure centralize the 'North' and marginalize the experiences of scholars from the 'South' but language barriers can make publication-and interpretation-for 'Southerners' very difficult 28 I. Hay (see, for example, Horton, 2000;Gutiérrez & López-Nieva 2001;Hones, 2004;Timár, 2004;Paasi, 2005). Though I appreciate the institutional and individual difficulties (e.g.…”

Between the ‘Local’ and the ‘Global’: South African Geography after Apartheid

“…This surely explains why there is not a single South African geographer, anthropologist, sociologist or political scientist with an 'A' rating. As is the case in the other marginal contexts, local institutions play an important role in reproducing the hierarchies of knowledge that exist in the discipline of geography (Garcia-Ramon, 2004, p. 523; see also Hones, 2004;Raju, 2004;Ramirez, 2004;Timar, 2004).…”

History and philosophy of geography 2003-2004: geography's modern histories? - international dimensions, national stories, personal accounts

“…the objectives sought? -about critical geography (Garcia-Ramon, 2003;Minca, 2003;Sakho, 2003;Hones, 2004). This too is a pertinent question.…”

“…-about critical geography (Garcia-Ramon, 2003;Minca, 2003;Sakho, 2003;Hones, 2004). It also requires thinking hard(er) about what exactly is criticalthe methods used?…”