OPINIONS
The Gandhi Model
Jun 05, 2015
Written by
Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy
If we listen and act on what Mahatma Gandhi had to say on development, the focus is very simple. He said the ultimate solution for fighting poverty was not mass production but production by the masses
Watching border shifts
May 29, 2015
Written by
Natalia Ribas-Mateos
We can observe borders not as simple cartographic lines which divide places, but as places in their own right with their own stories and their own salient and unique qualities
Origination – the geographies of brands and branding
May 22, 2015
Written by
Andy Pike
Caribbean cuisine, Latin American coffee, American high-tech, Danish furniture, Thai silks, Catalan design, Hollywood films, Broadway theatre, Florentine leather goods, Hunter Valley wines, London insurance...
The chaos factor
May 08, 2015
Written by
Paul F Steinberg
There’s a need to take political instability around the world far more seriously when devising strategies for protecting our planet
Genetics and geography
May 01, 2015
Written by
Catherine Nash
The media is full of reports of what studies of human genetic variation can tell us about the past. A geographical perspective is vital in understanding and evaluating these claims
Thinking outside the veg-box
Apr 24, 2015
Written by
John Warren
We have to move away from our traditional crop species that are so dependent on artificially high levels of nutrients
Africa’s information revolution: rhetoric and reality
Apr 17, 2015
Written by
Pádraig Carmody and Jim Murphy
The mobile phone and broader information and communication technology (ICT) ‘revolution’ in Africa has been over-sold
Why are textile producers in Africa really struggling?
Apr 10, 2015
Written by
Alan Wheeler
Large parts of Africa are beset with chronic economic and infrastructure problems together with corruption. Could the success of the used clothing industry be an obvious scapegoat or even a red herring?
The denial dam
Mar 27, 2015
Written by
Haydn Washington
Sustainablility. What exactly is it? Is it the key concept of the age, or has it become meaningless?
The hidden cost of second-hand clothing
Mar 20, 2015
Written by
Andrew Brooks
Donating your used garments might be well intentioned, but the situation on the ground means they may be doing more harm than good
Taming the urban monster
Mar 13, 2015
Written by
Tristan Donovan
When it comes to conservation, cities get a bad rap. They are monsters – conglomerations of concrete, asphalt, exhaust fumes and brick that exterminate species as they grow
Outside edge
Mar 06, 2015
Written by
John Barker & Emma Wainwright
One of the most likely outcomes of the recent results of the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) – the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education – is institutional reform and reorganisation
Pound stores – an icon of austerity capitalism?
Feb 27, 2015
Written by
Alison Hulme
Pound stores have become ubiquitous on our high streets, more so than since the recession hit
How to save our town centres
Feb 20, 2015
Written by
Julian Dobson
You can love them, loathe them or try to ignore them. But it’s almost impossible to avoid having a view on the state of our town centres and high streets
We are where we eat
Feb 13, 2015
Written by
Susan Parham
What is it about food? It seems we all have strong opinions about what we should eat and why we should eat it to make sure we lead long, healthy lives
Climate change’s poisoned culture
Feb 06, 2015
Written by
Andrew J. Hoffman
Climate change appears to have joined sex, religion, and politics as an issue that people try not to discuss in polite conversation
Touched nature
Jan 30, 2015
Written by
Christian Schwagerl
Erle Ellis, a geographer from the University of Maryland, had his Anthropocene epiphany quite some time ago, when he was hiking on Squirrel Island off the coast of Maine
Neoliberal nightmare
Dec 26, 2014
Written by
Mark Maslin
I was recently asked by an incredulous colleague why I was working in a Geography department. I answered that geography was the study of ‘the who, the where, and the how, of the past, present and future’
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