[forthcoming] Why the history and philosophy of geography matter

In this short paper, I contend that history and philosophy of geography should be considered as an indispensable scholarly field to nourish both theoretical speculations about geography and ongoing scholars’ political and social engagement towards critical, radical, decolonial, feminist and antiracist geographies. I argue that rediscovering ‘other geographical traditions’ is paramount to these scholarly and political agendas. After briefly exposing my political and theoretical references, I discuss the example of the work of anarchist, feminist and anticolonial activist Louise Michel (1830-1905) to make the case for the inclusion of new figures and ideas in the field of new decolonial, multilingual and pluralist histories of geography.