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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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9/ Finally Juliette Desportes reflects on interviews with academics, heritage professionals, and community historians in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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While historical geographers and historians increasingly recognise the benefits of and need for participatory research, the rigid structures regimenting academic practice have acted as barriers to su...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
9/ Finally Juliette Desportes reflects on interviews with academics, heritage professionals, and community historians in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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8/ There are then 2 shorter articles with specific reflections on short-term participatory projects. 1st @hannahworthen.bsky.social and Claire Weatherall on a participatory workshop titled ‘Watery Archives’: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This paper is based on our experience of running a workshop at the Hull History Centre in the Summer of 2023 and reflects on the value of participatory approaches and co-production to open up access ...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
8/ There are then 2 shorter articles with specific reflections on short-term participatory projects. 1st @hannahworthen.bsky.social and Claire Weatherall on a participatory workshop titled ‘Watery Archives’: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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7/ In the last of the full-length articles in the section @aledsingleton.bsky.social , @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I explore the potential for participatory theatre to engage local communities in the long-term impact of mid-century urban re-design rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This paper considers the potential for collaborations between geographers and theatre makers that focus on urban renewal histories. The article reflects critically on the methodological, ethical and ...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
7/ In the last of the full-length articles in the section @aledsingleton.bsky.social , @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I explore the potential for participatory theatre to engage local communities in the long-term impact of mid-century urban re-design rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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6/ Next up: Briony McDonagh, Kate Smith and Sukhmandeep Dhillon consider the impact of co-created performance and history as a way of engaging audiences and participants with climate challenges: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This paper presents our experiences of the participatory, co-creative collaboration with the National Youth Theatre, culminating in a site-specific performance at COP26. In exploring the performance'...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
6/ Next up: Briony McDonagh, Kate Smith and Sukhmandeep Dhillon consider the impact of co-created performance and history as a way of engaging audiences and participants with climate challenges: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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5/ Lucy Thompson takes us somewhere totally different, exploring the possibilities of understanding the movement of dance within the archive. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Many congrats to Lucy, as this paper was highly commended in the annual Area ECR article prize.
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This paper considers the potential of participatory methods to address the methodological difficulties surrounding the historical geographies of dance, and moving bodies, within archival research. Ex...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
5/ Lucy Thompson takes us somewhere totally different, exploring the possibilities of understanding the movement of dance within the archive. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Many congrats to Lucy, as this paper was highly commended in the annual Area ECR article prize.
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4/ Then Sarah Linn, Jina Lee, Mariam Zorba, Cailin Nun and Jennifer Cromwell examine the entangled mobilities of ancient objects and contemporary migrants through participatory map-making methods. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This paper examines how creative counter-maps can be a valuable participatory historical geography tool in their capacity to render visible multiple pasts, presents, and futures, and offer new possib....
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October 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
4/ Then Sarah Linn, Jina Lee, Mariam Zorba, Cailin Nun and Jennifer Cromwell examine the entangled mobilities of ancient objects and contemporary migrants through participatory map-making methods. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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3/ In the 1st article, I reflect on @vch-home.bsky.social as participatory historical geography, arguing that the VCH's current emphasis on participatory methods shows how long-standing research projects can adopt these developing ways of working rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This article critically reflects on the Victoria County History's (VCH) relationship with participatory historical geography approaches. Telling a story of change, it argues that it is not only possi....
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October 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
3/ In the 1st article, I reflect on @vch-home.bsky.social as participatory historical geography, arguing that the VCH's current emphasis on participatory methods shows how long-standing research projects can adopt these developing ways of working rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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2/ First up @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I have written an introduction outlining what participatory historical geography is/could be and why it's important. Read more here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Over the past two decades, historical geographers have increasingly embraced participatory methods to challenge dominant narratives and engage communities in the production of historical knowledge. T...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
2/ First up @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I have written an introduction outlining what participatory historical geography is/could be and why it's important. Read more here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...