Foley, Ronan
(2015)
Editorial
Mobility and Stillness: Duties of Care in Irish Geography.
Irish Geography, 48 (1).
pp. 3-5.
ISSN 0075-0778
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a mobilities turn in the many branches of
contemporary geographical study. This is especially the case in human geographies,
where relational theoretical visions currently hold sway. From Massey to Deleuze,
fluidities of form, landscape, space, identity, performance, memory, economy and
politics are identified as key processes in uncovering how places and spaces are
constantly being made and remade. In physical and environmental geographies,
recent research suggests that mobilities in and of the physical landscape remain
at the core of recent research. For every slowly-eroding granite outcrop, there
are rapid movements of coastlines, climates and previously stable geomorphic
environments. Yet all forms of movement in place and space are countered by
moments of rest, of stillness, recognising that sometimes the more we change the
more we stay the same. There are new technologies, new generations of scholars,
and new ways of thinking, seeing and doing, where in a hybrid world, the vision
of geographers, who by their instincts are multi-disciplinary, increasingly matter.
But at heart, the fundamental spatial instincts of geographers remain the same,
to describe, understand, represent, explain and challenge the spaces and places
around us.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Mobility; Stillness; Duties of Care; Irish Geography; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
8752 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.2014/igj.v48i1.521 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Ronan Foley
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Sep 2017 14:31 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Irish Geography |
| Publisher: |
Geographical Society of Ireland |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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