Cultural Geography II: The Force of Representations

Anderson, B.

doi:10.1177/0309132518761431

Cultural Geography II: The Force of Representations

Anderson, B.

Authors

Professor Ben Anderson ben.anderson@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Cultural geography is once again concerned with representations. In this report I focus on how, in the wake of various non-representational theories, recent work stays with what texts, images, words, and other representations do. I argue that this work is animated by a concern with the force of representations: their capacities to affect and effect, to make a difference. Accompanying this orientation to questions of force is a shift in the unit of analysis to ‘representations-in-relation’ and a multiplication of the modes of analysis through which cultural geography is performed, including the emergence of reparative and descriptive modes.

Citation

Anderson, B. (2019). Cultural Geography II: The Force of Representations. Progress in Human Geography, 43(6), 1120-1132. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132518761431

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Mar 21, 2018
Publication Date	Dec 31, 2019
Deposit Date	Jun 12, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Jun 13, 2018
Journal	Progress in Human Geography
Print ISSN	0309-1325
Electronic ISSN	1477-0288
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	43
Issue	6
Pages	1120-1132
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132518761431
Keywords	Cultural Geography, Images, Non-Representational Theory, Representation, Texts.

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Anderson, B. (2019). Cultural Geography II: The Force of Representations. Progress in Human Geography 43(6): 1120-1132. © 2018 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.