Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This commentary is sympathetic to Murphy’s (2013) call for more ‘grand regional narrative’ in a public key. However, by failing to recognise the root causes of, and prevailing obstacles to, change, his call risks being purely declarative. I argue that only a few, typically established, geographers will be willing and able to occupy the ideational territory currently populated by the likes of Robert Kaplan. Even so, a few is better than none, and I also argue that teaching offers a more feasible, if indirect, arena in which public thinking about world geography can be shaped in ways consistent with Murphy’s vision.
Source: Dialogues in Human Geography
Author: Noel Castree
Institution: University of Manchester
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2055376196