Laura Shillington
Biographic Data
| ID | 2229660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Shillington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Shillington |
| SIGNATURE | SHILLINGTON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0200-6030 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Breaking the silence: A feminist call to action
Key Messages Mental health and wellness are issues of growing concern on North American campuses. A feminist geography perspective reveals that there are cultural, institutional, political, and intersectional factors that impede active engagement with mental health and wellness in the academy. We encourage geographers to consider mental health and wellness as professional development issues of concern to us all
Urban Political Ecologies and Children's Geographies: Queering Urban Ecologies of Childhood
This article focuses on the material and discursive constructions of nature and children in the city. While dominant representations and idealizations of nature and childhood depend on the binary logic of the nature/culture and rural/urban divide, there is also a simplification and romanticization of nature in children's geographies and a lack of children and their spaces in urban political ecology. We argue that children and nature in cities nee…
Reconfiguring the natures of childhood
Reconfiguring the Natures of Childhood exemplifies the interest in the (well-theorised) relationship between nature and childhood that has graced the pages of many books on children, including with
Right to food, right to the city: Household urban agriculture, and socionatural metabolism in Managua, Nicaragua
Being(s) in relation at home: Socio-natures of patio 'gardens' in Managua, Nicaragua
Human–nature relations of home have been gaining more attention in geography, especially in the study of gardens. This article contributes to this growing literature, but in contrast to much research, it examines human–nature relations in the patios (garden) of homes in a marginalized barrio (slum) of Managua, Nicaragua. I suggest that the human–nature relations in these patios need to be understood differently than those in North American and Eu…
Right to food, right to the city: Household urban agriculture, and socionatural metabolism in Managua, Nicaragua
Being(s) in relation at home: Socio-natures of patio 'gardens' in Managua, Nicaragua
Human–nature relations of home have been gaining more attention in geography, especially in the study of gardens. This article contributes to this growing literature, but in contrast to much research, it examines human–nature relations in the patios (garden) of homes in a marginalized barrio (slum) of Managua, Nicaragua. I suggest that the human–nature relations in these patios need to be understood differently than those in North American and Eu…
Urban Political Ecologies and Children's Geographies: Queering Urban Ecologies of Childhood
This article focuses on the material and discursive constructions of nature and children in the city. While dominant representations and idealizations of nature and childhood depend on the binary logic of the nature/culture and rural/urban divide, there is also a simplification and romanticization of nature in children's geographies and a lack of children and their spaces in urban political ecology. We argue that children and nature in cities nee…
Breaking the silence: A feminist call to action
Key Messages Mental health and wellness are issues of growing concern on North American campuses. A feminist geography perspective reveals that there are cultural, institutional, political, and intersectional factors that impede active engagement with mental health and wellness in the academy. We encourage geographers to consider mental health and wellness as professional development issues of concern to us all
Being(s) in relation at home: Socio-natures of patio 'gardens' in Managua, Nicaragua
Human–nature relations of home have been gaining more attention in geography, especially in the study of gardens. This article contributes to this growing literature, but in contrast to much research, it examines human–nature relations in the patios (garden) of homes in a marginalized barrio (slum) of Managua, Nicaragua. I suggest that the human–nature relations in these patios need to be understood differently than those in North American and Eu…
Right to food, right to the city: Household urban agriculture, and socionatural metabolism in Managua, Nicaragua
Reconfiguring the natures of childhood
Reconfiguring the Natures of Childhood exemplifies the interest in the (well-theorised) relationship between nature and childhood that has graced the pages of many books on children, including with
Breaking the silence: A feminist call to action
Key Messages Mental health and wellness are issues of growing concern on North American campuses. A feminist geography perspective reveals that there are cultural, institutional, political, and intersectional factors that impede active engagement with mental health and wellness in the academy. We encourage geographers to consider mental health and wellness as professional development issues of concern to us all
Urban Political Ecologies and Children's Geographies: Queering Urban Ecologies of Childhood
This article focuses on the material and discursive constructions of nature and children in the city. While dominant representations and idealizations of nature and childhood depend on the binary logic of the nature/culture and rural/urban divide, there is also a simplification and romanticization of nature in children's geographies and a lack of children and their spaces in urban political ecology. We argue that children and nature in cities nee…
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (2 works)