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Political Ecology as Ethical Practice – Lucy Jarosz
This paper provides an overview of ethics in the field of geography, discusses the relevance of radical pedagogy to political ecology, and demonstrates how political ecology, as an approach to public scholarship, encourages activism.
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Using Twitter in University Research, Teaching, and Impact Activities – Amy Mollett, et al.
In evaluating the different uses of Twitter, the authors note that the technology is a powerful way for academics to communicate with external audiences, generate buzz, and engage with students.
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Introduction: The Point is to Change It – Noel Castree, et al.
This edited volume in Antipode presents a collection of essays geared towards not only a diagnosis of the state of the world, but also concrete strategies and tactics for making things better.
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The Big Questions in Geography – Susan Cutter, et al.
The authors articulate ten big questions in the field of geography and their relevance to understanding human existence and human-environmental change.
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Maximizing the Impacts of your Research: A Handbook for Social Scientists
The public policy group of the London School of Economics has developed a handbook to measure and evaluate the impact of research in the public sphere.
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Should Political Ecology be Marxist? A Case for Gramsci’s Historical Materialism – Geoff Mann
Geoff Mann highlights how attention to Gramsci’s historical materialism allows for political ecologists to better capture both “economic” and “ethical” moments and to promote a vision of praxis.
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Political Ecology and the Epistemology of Social Justice – Tim Forsyth
Tim Forsyth reviews Piers Blaikie’s writings on political ecology and social justice focusing on the Blaikie’s meaning of ‘politics.’ Forsyth promotes a pragmatic co-production of environmental knowledge and social values for the creation of socially just environmental policy.
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