Search results for "Critical geography"

Per un rinnovato ruolo pubblico della geografia: una premessa al Manifesto

2019

The debate on the public role of Geography in Italy has been reopened after the presentation in Padua of a "manifesto" that makes the Italian version of "public geography" coincide with the so-called "third mission". The contribution proposes a different approach to the issue, one that privileges diversity and openness in the face of a perspective of narrowing relations within the discipline and between it and 'civil society

Global capitalism guided by desire- Solvang, CA, as a “real” place

2021

Abstract How to deal with the transformation of place in the face of global capitalism is marked by many active debates. This paper dives into the transformation of the city of Solvang in California, from an agricultural village to a tourist destination. One way to analyse the process is to treat it as commodification, where values produced in places are being turned into exchangeable commodities. What results from such critical studies of capitalism too often result in apathy rather than positive action, it tends to deal less with ‘the real world’ than thought experiments about possible worlds. Another approach connects to the relational turn and the application of assemblage theory in stu…

Movescapes. Per una geografia del movimento

2014