On the Excising of (Urban) Historical Geography from Canadian Geography Departments
A Reflection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21551786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip Gordon Mackintosh (0000-0002-7039-7467, Brock University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 16-29 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0703-0428 • E-ISSN: 1918-5138 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/uhr-2022-0006 |
| OpenAlex | W4305040586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Historical geography and urban historical geography barely exist as sub-disciplinary idioms in geography department curricula across Canada. Yes, historical geography research flourishes, but the teaching of historical and urban historical geography has all but vanished, except in a tiny number of larger departments. This article asks why—especially given historical geography’s sub-disciplinary commitment to social and environmental justice. But it also wonders whether this circumstance is lamentable, or simply more of the same: change over time, which historical and urban historical geographers document ceaselessly
Critical geography · Cultural geography · Curriculum · Development geography · Discipline · Economic geography · Five themes of geography · Geography · Historical geography · Human geography · Language geography · Music Geography · Pedagogy · Social geography · Social science · Sociology · Urban geography · Urban planning · Data Analysis and Archiving · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Rural development and sustainability
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |