Joshua Z Merced
Biographic Data
| ID | 1448581 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua Z Merced |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Merced |
| SIGNATURE | MERCED J Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Arizona University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-6582-8238 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“A Place in This World”
This paper explores Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour as a site of critical placemaking and identity formation within the geographies of global popular culture. We argue that the tour’s spatial and cultural practices such as citywide rebranding, ephemeral place naming, and fan-generated atmospheres, produced a transnational landscape of belonging rooted in affect, mobility, and consumption. Through discourse analysis and ethnographic participation, we tra…
Bridging Critical Geographic Scholarship and Educational Infrastructure
This article examines how storytelling platforms like ArcGIS StoryMaps can integrate critical geographic scholarship into public and introductory geographic educational outlets. We position storytelling platforms as a mechanism for increased collaboration, faster integration of critical scholarship, and reaching broader audiences for geographic knowledge production and circulation. We argue that there is a disconnect between critical geographic r…
De-Pale the Ale
Black beer festivals in the United States are dynamic sites where geography, culture, and economy converge to challenge exclusion and reimagine representation in the craft beer industry. This paper explores how these festivals operate as culturally significant and economically generative spaces that reframe the dominant narrative of craft beer as a white, male-dominated field. Drawing on concepts of cultural capital, tourism geography, and urban …
Introduction to the 2023 keynote address
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Introduction to the 2023 keynote address
De-Pale the Ale
Black beer festivals in the United States are dynamic sites where geography, culture, and economy converge to challenge exclusion and reimagine representation in the craft beer industry. This paper explores how these festivals operate as culturally significant and economically generative spaces that reframe the dominant narrative of craft beer as a white, male-dominated field. Drawing on concepts of cultural capital, tourism geography, and urban …
“A Place in This World”
This paper explores Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour as a site of critical placemaking and identity formation within the geographies of global popular culture. We argue that the tour’s spatial and cultural practices such as citywide rebranding, ephemeral place naming, and fan-generated atmospheres, produced a transnational landscape of belonging rooted in affect, mobility, and consumption. Through discourse analysis and ethnographic participation, we tra…
Bridging Critical Geographic Scholarship and Educational Infrastructure
This article examines how storytelling platforms like ArcGIS StoryMaps can integrate critical geographic scholarship into public and introductory geographic educational outlets. We position storytelling platforms as a mechanism for increased collaboration, faster integration of critical scholarship, and reaching broader audiences for geographic knowledge production and circulation. We argue that there is a disconnect between critical geographic r…
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