Sarah A. Radcliffe - Decolonizing Geography

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3 Title Page Decolonizing Geography An Introduction Sarah A. Radcliffe polity

4 Copyright Page Copyright Page Copyright © Sarah A. Radcliffe 2022 The right of Sarah A. Radcliffe to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2022 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4159-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4160-7(pb) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Control Number: 2021945136 by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

5 Dedication Dedication For a World Where Many Worlds Fit

6 Author’s Note Author’s Note For clarity, key terms appear in bold when first introduced. These terms are explained in the Glossary section. Emboldened references in brackets refer to sections, chapters, figures or textboxes in this book.

7 Preface

8 Foreword: Decolonizing in a North–South Dialogue, by Rogério Haesbaert

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10 1 Why Decolonize Geography?I The Geographies of Coloniality Coloniality’s urban landscapes and decolonizing action II Coloniality (How to Recognize It) and Decolonizing III Historical Geographies of Colonialism and Decolonization Colonialisms: plural forms, diverse outcomes Decolonization: political independence? Decolonizing: unfinished business IV Coloniality and Modernity in the One-World World Physical geography and colonial science Geography’s ‘one-world world’ V Racism in the Colonial Present VI Decolonizing Geography: An Introduction Decolonizing physical geography Decolonizing in practice: re-drawing Los Angeles Why decolonizing geography matters VII Chapter Summary and Outline of Book Outline of the book Further Reading and Resources Readings Websites Notes

11 2 Postcolonialism and Decoloniality I Postcolonialism: Critiques of Colonial Discourse Limitations of postcolonialism II Subaltern Studies Limitations of the subaltern studies approach III Modernity-Coloniality-Decoloniality (MCD) Group Limitations of the MCD approach IV Indigenous and Settler Colonialism Theories Limitations of Indigenous and settler colonialism theories V Chapter Summary Further Reading and Resources Readings Websites Notes

12 3 Decolonizing Geographies I Geography’s Sanctioned Ignorance II ‘Alterable Geographies’: Ways to Decolonize Geography III Turning the Decolonial into Geography What geography adds to decolonizing IV Decolonial Kaleidoscope Indigenous geographies Black geographies Decolonial feminisms and decolonizing embodiments Critical geographies of violence and peace V Ways Forward: Limitations of Decolonizing Approaches VI Chapter Summary Further Reading and Resources Readings Websites Notes

13 4 Decolonizing Geographical Concepts I Space, Place and Scale II Society and Space III Environment and Landscape IV Nature and the More-Than-Human V Chapter Summary Further Reading and Resources Readings Dictionaries of human geography Websites Notes

14 5 Decolonizing Geography’s Curriculum I Coloniality and Education II Decolonizing the Teaching-Learning Process III Decolonizing the Curriculum Decolonizing the canon Reading and more IV Tackling Classroom Racism V Decolonizing Pedagogies VI Opening the Classroom to the World VII Decolonial Understanding and Multi-Epistemic Literacy VIII Chapter Summary Further Reading and Resources Readings Websites Podcast Notes

15 6 Decolonizing Geographical Research Practice I Decolonizing Research: Principles and Goals Experimentation Humanizing research and building accountability Principles of decolonizing research: in summary II Decolonizing Research Design Decolonizing research rationales from the start Participatory research and decolonizing agendas Refusal Becoming a decolonizing scholar ally III Designing Methodologies IV Ethical Issues and Dilemmas V Analysis, Writing and Sharing VI Chapter Summary Further Reading and Resources Readings Websites Decolonizing research under Covid-19 Notes

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1 Chapter 1 Table 1.1Racial disparities in UK and US geography

2 Chapter 2 Table 2.1Theoretical strands in geography’s decoloniality

3 Chapter 3 Table 3.1Decolonizing geographies: a summary

4 Chapter 6 Table 6.1What makes decolonizing research? Table 6.2Decolonizing research methods Table: 6.3Codes of best practice: Indigenous and decolonial research

1 Chapter 1 Figure 1.1 ‘A Surge of Power (Jen Reid)’, statue by Marc Quinn Figure 1.2 Indigenous Los Angeles: a plaque acknowledges Indigenous peoples and places in t...

2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Micronesian tool for navigating by the starsFigure 3.2 Association for Curriculum Development in Geography 1983 conference, ‘Rac...Figure 3.3 Geographies of peace

3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Settler colonial geographies and Indigenous places in OklahomaFigure 4.2 Te Awa a Whanganui, Aotearoa-New ZealandFigure 4.3 Lake Waikaremoana, Te Uruewa, Aotearoa-New Zealand

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