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SUMMARY:Geography’s final imperial frontier? On the influence of Geograp
 hy on the humanities' 'spatial turn' - Carl Griffin (University of Sussex)
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CONTACT:Dr. P MR Howell
DESCRIPTION:Ever since Frederic Jameson coined the term the ‘spatial tur
 n’ in 1988\, geographers have been quick to proudly pronounce that the h
 umanities and the social sciences have indeed spatially turned. Today\, su
 ch claims are legion and are made not just by geographers but also by thos
 e in other disciplines too. Rare is the month without an announcement of a
  conference\, workshop or publication on the theme of space: in 2015 space
  sells books and excites conference attendees’ imaginations in a newly f
 ebrile way. But beyond such impressions\, and beyond claims to the spatial
  turn\, what is the depth and meaning of the turn? And what is the influen
 ce of Geography – the discipline – and of the work of geographers on t
 he telling of space in the humanities? In attempting to answer these quest
 ions\, this paper focuses on the example of work in academic history\, the
  humanities discipline arguably most squarely aligned with ours\, examinin
 g the claims to space and the citation practices in both general and speci
 alist history journals. In so doing\, it argues that the spatial turn\, if
  it is a ‘turn’\, lacks depth\, and that the influence of work in geog
 raphy in thinking space in the humanities is minimal. Rather\, historians\
 , amongst others\, often draw on other influences as well as crafting thei
 r own spatial conceptions. It concludes by arguing that we as geographers 
 need to acknowledge that space\, as a concept\, exists beyond Geography\, 
 and therefore ultimately that we cannot claim space as our own.\n
LOCATION:Room 101\, Hardy Building\, Department of Geography
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