On 15 July 2017, sad news began to circulate in geographical milieus that Anne Buttimer had passed away. Buttimer was an international, transcultural and cosmopolitan geographer, known internationally for her innovative research, her command of languages, her humanity. To write her biography is a challenging task, but simultaneously an inspiring one, not least because she was one of the geographers most committed to the values of biography (and autobiography) in the discipline. Through the Dialogue Project that she launched with Torsten Hägerstrand, she valued life experiences as a critical tool in making sense of geographical engagement and was one of the co-founders of the IGU Commission on the History of Geography. Anne was also an inspiration for, and contributor to, Geographers Biobibliographical Studies. Given the breadth of her interests and materials, the present text can only be an exploratory contribution towards a more comprehensive future biography of her life and career. Notwithstanding this, this short biography is not limited to a descriptive survey of Anne’s life but, rather, we aim to offer a first critical appraisal of her contribution to geography, drawing upon the scholarship in historical and cultural geography mentioned below. We posit that Anne played an overlooked, but nevertheless, influential role in the debates which have shaped what is called today ‘critical geographies’
Ferretti F., Jones A. (2018). Anne Buttimer (1938-2017). London : Bloomsbury.
Anne Buttimer (1938-2017)
Ferretti F.;
2018
Abstract
On 15 July 2017, sad news began to circulate in geographical milieus that Anne Buttimer had passed away. Buttimer was an international, transcultural and cosmopolitan geographer, known internationally for her innovative research, her command of languages, her humanity. To write her biography is a challenging task, but simultaneously an inspiring one, not least because she was one of the geographers most committed to the values of biography (and autobiography) in the discipline. Through the Dialogue Project that she launched with Torsten Hägerstrand, she valued life experiences as a critical tool in making sense of geographical engagement and was one of the co-founders of the IGU Commission on the History of Geography. Anne was also an inspiration for, and contributor to, Geographers Biobibliographical Studies. Given the breadth of her interests and materials, the present text can only be an exploratory contribution towards a more comprehensive future biography of her life and career. Notwithstanding this, this short biography is not limited to a descriptive survey of Anne’s life but, rather, we aim to offer a first critical appraisal of her contribution to geography, drawing upon the scholarship in historical and cultural geography mentioned below. We posit that Anne played an overlooked, but nevertheless, influential role in the debates which have shaped what is called today ‘critical geographies’I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
