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The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Geographies book cover

1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Geographies

Edited By Peter Merriman, ANNA SECOR, Shanti Sumartojo Copyright 2026
576 Pages 9 Color & 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

576 Pages 9 Color & 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This handbook provides cutting-edge insights into the dynamic and cross-cutting field of cultural geography, arguing that this vibrant field can provide important perspectives on the most significant academic, political and creative conversations of our times. Written by leading and emerging scholars from around the world, the   51 chapters focus on the connecting threads and imperatives which... Read more

Part 1

Critical moments

1 Futures

Ben Anderson

 

2 Pandemic

Beth Greenhough and Maaret Jokela-Pansini

 

3 Climate cultures

Andrew Baldwin

 

4 Cultural Populism           

Angharad Closs-Stephens and Jami Abramson

 

5 Algorithms         

Sophia Maalsen

 

6 Plastic cultures 

Peter Kraftl

 

7 Mobilities           

Peter Adey

 

8 Anxiety          

Lucas Pohl

 

9 Intersection       

Peter Hopkins

 

10 Defining culture

Mitch Rose

Part 2

Entangled lives            

11 Black lives           

Anoop Nayak and Daniel Barwick

 

12 Displaced lives    

Kirsi Pauliina Kallio and Katharyne Mitchell

 

13 Digital lives         

Jess McLean

 

14 Infrastructural lives       

Weiqiang Lin

 

15 Elemental lives      

Sasha Engelmann

 

16 Plant lives           

Anna M. Lawrence

 

17 Bird lives             

Helen Wilson

 

18 Reproductive lives         

Maria Fannin

 

19 Fat lives

Rachel Colls and Bethan Evans

 

20 Queer, trans and non-binary lives         

Eden Kinkaid and Wiley Sharp

 

21 Disabled lives    

Vera Chouinard

 

22 Neurodiverse lives         

Diana Beljaars

 

Part 3

Cultural Practices and Spaces             

23 Writing   

Tim Cresswell

 

24 Mapping

Megan Kelly

 

25 Exhibiting           

Stephen Daniels and David Beckingham

 

26 Commemorating            

Tim Edensor

 

27 Drawing

Giada Peterle

 

28 Working

Daniel Cockayne

 

29 Listening

Kaya Barry and Emily House

 

30 Dancing and Performing             

Charlotte Veal

 

31 Film-making       

Matthew Gandy

 

32 Playing    

Alison Stenning

 

33 Worshipping      

Justin Tse

 

34 Coding      

Nick Lally

 

Part 4

Imperatives

35 Care       

Lioba Hirsch and Lo Marshall

 

36 Witness 

Noam Leshem and Jen Bagelman

 

37 Forget    

Dino Kadich

 

38 Endure  

Leila Dawney

 

39 Decolonise         

Uma Kothari

 

40 Feminism            

Lizzie Hobson, Alice Mpofu-Coles, Nicola Thomas and Avril Maddrell

 

41 Protest     

Jon Anderson

 

42 Abolish    

Thomas Dekeyser

 

43 Feel        

Mark Paterson

 

44 Repair    

David Seitz

 

45 Theorize!            

Marcus Doel

 

46 Describe

Hayden Lorimer

 

47 Speculate           

Thomas Keating and Nina Williams

 

48 Experiment        

Thomas Jellis

 

49 Critique 

Philip Conway

 

50 Betray          

Paul Harrison

 

51 Imagine 

Harriet Hawkins

Biography

Peter Merriman is Professor of Cultural and Historical Geography at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK.

Anna J. Secor is Professor of Human Geography at Durham University, UK.

Shanti Sumartojo is Associate Professor of Design Research at Monash University, Australia.

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