Roast, A. orcid.org/0000-0003-0821-3492 (2023) To whom does geography owe a future? Lessons from urban studies. Dialogues in Human Geography. ISSN 2043-8206
Abstract
The stresses of the neoliberal academy relating to the precaritisation of labour and metricisation of research can often make it difficult in the present to envision a future of geographical thought and praxis which is capable of addressing the past and present epistemic injustices which human geography has inherited. Within the field of urban studies, the discourse of ‘urban futures’ has often been used to promise a more just and efficient future. This commentary takes the often-evoked notion of an urban future and considers how recent research in urban studies has sought to deconstruct the notion of the ‘urban’ in order to illustrate the complex and antagonistic present underlying such futures. Here urban studies has an analogous lesson for human geography more generally. Disaggregating the identity of ‘geographer’ from academic status and training can open up new practices for the co-production of knowledge beyond professional boundaries, which themselves can also aid in the creation of more just urban futures.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Academic precarity; geographical knowledge; urban futures; urban ontology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2023 14:55 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2023 14:55 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/20438206231177062 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203436 |