Area publishes concise papers and commentaries that shape key debates within and beyond the discipline of geography. Area is especially welcoming of work by early career researchers & awards an annual ECR prize.
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Check out @juliandobson.bsky.social's recent Area paper on civic geographies of care, featured in last month's RGS-IBG Journals highlights ⬇️
New in Area:
'Blocking the extractive order: Political mobilisations and infrastructure disruptions in Sudan and Morocco' by Raphaëlle Chevrillon-Guibert & Mohamed Salah Abdelrahman
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on roadblocks in extractivist landscapes.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
Looking for something to read this Friday? Check out our April highlights from across the Society's journals:
Finch-Race, D. A., and P. Lewis: https://ow.ly/K3uo50YRBLM
Preci, A.: https://ow.ly/BA7l50YRBLN
Hein, J.: https://ow.ly/CIQa50YRBLL
Migozzi, J., and D. Wójcik: https://ow.ly/lN6x50YRBLP
The recipient of the 2026 Area Prize for the best paper written by an early-career scholar is Madelaine Joyce @maddiejoyce.bsky.social. @rhulgeography.bsky.social
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New in Area:
'Night vision: Navigating walking interviews in the dark' by Georgia MacMillan et al.
This paper uses data collected in a dark sky park in Ireland, exploring the use of darkness as a research method & sensory and therapeutic landscape.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
New in Area:
'Re-thinking the imposter participant: Online research methods, ethics, AI & trust' by @sophiecranston.bsky.social et al.
This paper argues that the potential of imposter participants in online research raises questions around wider structural inequalities.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
New in Area:
'Civic geographies of care: Mapping the scope and scales of universities' civic action' by @juliandobson.bsky.social
This paper explores where 'civic geographies' emerge and how they are enacted, drawing on an environmental initiative in South Yorkshire.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
New in Area:
'Blocking Route 52: Mining, landscape and protest in Jujuy Province (Argentina, 2023)' by Diego Ortúzar
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on roadblocks in extractivist landscapes.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
Find out more about our Area Prize winner @maddiejoyce.bsky.social's research here ⬇️
This article examines how blockades targeting extractive infrastructure function as political tools in authoritarian contexts, based on case studies from Sudan and Morocco. It argues that such practi....
Every month we spotlight papers from across the Society’s journals, capturing the latest in geographical research. Explore May’s highlights. 👇
Dobson: https://ow.ly/XAlo50Z5vVP
Fitzmaurice: https://ow.ly/KYiX50Z5vQQ
Mosso et al.: https://ow.ly/nPAE50Z5vQN
Davies et al.: https://ow.ly/Ufku50Z5vQM
