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Material geographies and postcolonialism

McEwan, C.

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While postcolonial studies have inspired new ideas, a new language and a new theoretical inflection for a wide range of teaching and research in human geography, there have been few sustained discussions about what might constitute a postcolonial geography. This paper attempts to deal with this absence by exploring the possibilities of material geographies of postcolonialism. It suggests that geographers are particularly well placed to respond to criticisms of postcolonialism as remaining overwhelmingly textual, cultural and/or historical in focus by contributing towards a productive engagement between postcolonialism and the material realities of global inequalities, and towards a revivified political and ethical project. It explores how particular tactics might inform postcolonial methodologies within geography and makes some tentative suggestions on what a postcolonial political praxis might look like.

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McEwan, C. (2003). Material geographies and postcolonialism. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 24(3), 340-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9493.00163

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2003-11
Deposit Date Apr 2, 2008
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Print ISSN 0129-7619
Electronic ISSN 1467-9493
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 24
Issue 3
Pages 340-355
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9493.00163
Keywords Discourse, Materiality, Global economy, Politics, Ethics.

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