Geography from the back of the 2008 AAG program: is geography what we say or what we do?

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English

Bibliographic Citation

The California Geographer 48: 104-125

Notes

This paper compares and contrasts what California geographers say geography is and what geographers actually do, both in California and at our flagship national conference, the Association of American Geographers. The paper begins with an examination of definitions of geography placed on the Web pages of university departments of geography in the State of California. It then characterizes the distribution of tenured and probationary faculty interests, as listed on department Web pages. These 202 California geographers are then categorized into broad specialties (e.g., physical, environmental, human, GIScience, and regional geographers) and their proportions discussed. Lastly, the distribution of topics for sessions at the Association of American Geographers 2008 annual meeting is described. Quite a disparity emerges among what California geographers tell the public geography is, their own interests and specialties, and the foci of the national conference. Implications for the health of the discipline are disquieting.

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Geography from the back of the 2008 AAG program: is geography what we say or what we do?