From the date of the publication of the former entry on “Critical Geography” in the 2009 edition International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, many things have gone on in this field, including its growing and increasing diversification. Therefore, I would first argue that it is time to talk about “critical geographies” in plural rather than of one “Critical Geography,” albeit this label is still excellently used to identify the homonymous series of international conferences and a number of meritorious initiatives. While, in 2009, the entry “Critical Geography” by U. Best already showed how critical geographical traditions are plural, heterogenous, and multilingual, it would be even odder today to argue for the identification of one canonical critical geography, given the growing richness of the array of approaches and works which go under “critical” definitions, or which generally draw upon critical or radical social theories. Already in 2008, prefacing the anthology Critical geographies: a collection of readings after a consultation that they did among colleagues to have suggestions on which texts to include in the book, Harald Bauder and Salvatore Engel-Di-Mauro noticed that there is no consensus at all, among “critical” scholars, on what should be the canonical texts of critical geography.
Federico Ferretti (2020). Critical Geographies. London : Elsevier [10.1016/b978-0-08-102295-5.10632-8].
Critical Geographies
Federico Ferretti
2020
Abstract
From the date of the publication of the former entry on “Critical Geography” in the 2009 edition International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, many things have gone on in this field, including its growing and increasing diversification. Therefore, I would first argue that it is time to talk about “critical geographies” in plural rather than of one “Critical Geography,” albeit this label is still excellently used to identify the homonymous series of international conferences and a number of meritorious initiatives. While, in 2009, the entry “Critical Geography” by U. Best already showed how critical geographical traditions are plural, heterogenous, and multilingual, it would be even odder today to argue for the identification of one canonical critical geography, given the growing richness of the array of approaches and works which go under “critical” definitions, or which generally draw upon critical or radical social theories. Already in 2008, prefacing the anthology Critical geographies: a collection of readings after a consultation that they did among colleagues to have suggestions on which texts to include in the book, Harald Bauder and Salvatore Engel-Di-Mauro noticed that there is no consensus at all, among “critical” scholars, on what should be the canonical texts of critical geography.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.