1st Edition
Dissertating Geography An Inquiry into the Making of Student Geographical Knowledge, 1950-2020
By Mette Bruinsma
Copyright 2024
172 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the history of geography (1950-2020) from a bottom-up perspective.
Disciplinary histories often emphasise the pronouncements of established academics, yet student-geographers make up the majority of the overall ‘geographical community’ at any one time. Exploring these efforts of geography students over the past 70 years places the known history of the discipline in a new... Read more
Chapter 1 Who actually makes the history of geography?
Chapter 2 The history of geography and educational practices
Chapter 3 Spatial contexts of student knowledge production: the expanded geographical field
Chapter 4 Becoming a geographer: dissertations as intellectual source material
Chapter 5 Geographical traditions versus innovations: students as drivers of disciplinary change
Chapter 6 Exploring the skills of geographers-in-the-making
Chapter 7 Reflections on student journeys into geography
Biography
Mette Bruinsma is an Assistant Professor in the Cultural History research group at Utrecht University, focusing on history of knowledge and university history.
