Visibility and invisibility in, of and through textbook publication

Bibliographic Data

ID8360445
AuthorsPauline Couper (0000-0003-0083-223X, York St John University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume50
Issue1
Pages43-45
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12398
OpenAlexW2765137964
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

In their production and their role in academic life, textbooks lie at the intersection of a number of “regimes of visibility” (and invisibility). In this contribution I reflect on my own experience of textbook authorship to highlight some of these regimes: first, the processes through which textbooks are published; second, the mechanisms of monitoring and measuring of academic production; third, disciplinary hierarchies of reputation and influence; and fourth, considering the textbook as a technology of visibility itself. Through all of these, what is left invisible is the knowing, learning author. I highlight some of the implications of this invisibility for Geography

Cartography · Discipline · Epistemology · Geography · Intersection (aeronautics) · Invisibility · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · Visibility · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Philosophy

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