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The geographies of cultural geography III: Material geographies, vibrant matters and risking surface geographies

Tolia-Kelly, D.P.

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D.P. Tolia-Kelly



Abstract

The doing of material geographies within the subdiscipline of cultural geography has been inspired by Jane Bennett’s (2010) account of Vibrant Matter. This review follows the various trajectories in recently published research in the field of material geographies and argues that scholars should aim to embrace the call of matter to think politically and beyond the surface. The review argues that there is a risk of doing ‘surface geographies’ where research reflects matters at play rather than evaluate the interconnectivity and co-constitution of materialities and their geographies.

Citation

Tolia-Kelly, D. (2013). The geographies of cultural geography III: Material geographies, vibrant matters and risking surface geographies. Progress in Human Geography, 37(1), 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512439154

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Jun 20, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Progress in Human Geography
Print ISSN 0309-1325
Electronic ISSN 1477-0288
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 37
Issue 1
Pages 153-160
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512439154
Keywords Geography, Materiality, Politics, Surface geographies, Vibrant materialism.

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The final definitive version of this article has been published in the journal Progress in human geography, 37(1), 2013, © The Author(s) 2011 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Progress in human geography page: http://phg.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/





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