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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Dear all,
We are delighted to share with you our call for papers for the session Feminist C/artographies at the RGS-IBG conference in Birmingham 2025. We look forward to exciting feedback and to spreading the call in all possible directions.
Best,
Katha and Katrin</pre>
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RGS 2025 | Birmingham | Geographies of Creativity / Creative
Geographies<br>
CfP for the session<br>
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<b>Feminist C/artographies<br>
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</b>Inspired by recent feminist counter maps and map-making
processes within and beyond geography, like the feminicide
mappings of Sonia Madrigal, the Latin American Cuerpo-Territorio
maps, the artworks of Firelei Baez or the art installation by
Sonia Barrett in cooperation with Patricia Noxolo and others we
invite papers that are interested in discussing possibilities,
potentials and limitations of creative c/artographies for our
discipline, especially from a feminist and decolonial perspective.<br>
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In line with this year’s conference statement, we believe
creativity is part of any research process. Scholars such as
Katherine McKittrick (2021), Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (2017),
Sage Brice (2024), and Gloria Anzaldúa (Keating 2009) remind us
that engagement with creativity is integral to producing feminist
spaces. It has the potential to challenge powerful disciplinary
habits, sustain and nurture feminist relationality, and create
otherwise feminist insights.<br>
<br>
In this session, we are interested in discussing which feminist
perspectives, positionalities, spatial contexts, and methodologies
produce which forms of critical c/artographies and how these can
subvert and challenge spatially fixed, patriarchal, and Western
ideas of maps and cartography (Singer et al. 2023).<br>
It is essential to discuss critical feminist c/artographies that
include ethical, processual, and decolonial feminist issues. To do
this, we believe it is crucial to explore the limits and
possibilities of a map and its practices and emphasize the need
for further critical feminist c/artographies that come alive
through collectivity, activism, vulnerability, care, solidarity,
rage, and joy.<br>
<br>
Therefore, we call for contributions that engage with critical
c/artographies and intersectional feminisms by engaging with
questions such as:<br>
- What do feminist c/artographies look like? Showing examples that
bring cartography, feminism and art into a critical dialogue.<br>
- How can feminist c/artographic practices contribute to
critically questioning hegemonic spatial concepts and producing
transformative spatial relationalities?<br>
- How can feminist c/artographies contribute to visually and
creatively negotiating the patriarchal and Western ideas of
cartography?<br>
- What limits and pitfalls must we consider while working or
engaging with feminist and artful maps as a methodology?<br>
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Presentation format: Both traditional paper presentations and
mapping formats or other approaches to presentation and critical
c/artographies are warmly invited.<br>
We look forward to receiving proposals (abstract of approximately
250 words) mailed to Katharina Schmidt (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:katharina.schmidt@uni-flensburg.de">katharina.schmidt@uni-flensburg.de</a>)
and Katrin Singer (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:katrin.singer@uni-hamburg.de">katrin.singer@uni-hamburg.de</a>)
by 23 February 2025.<br>
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Cited literature:<br>
Brice, S. (2024). Critical observational drawing in geography:
Towards a methodology for ‘vulnerable’ research. Progress in Human
Geography, 48(2), 206-223.<br>
Keating, A. L. (2009) (Hrsg.): The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader. Durham:
Duke University Press.<br>
McKittrick, K. (2021): Dear Science and other stories. Durham:
Duke University Press.<br>
Simpson, L. B. (2017) As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom
through Radical Resistance. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota
Press.<br>
Singer, Katrin; Schmidt, Katharina & Neuburger, Martina (2023
(Eds.): Artographies – Kreativ-künstlerische Zugänge zu einer
machtkritischen Raumforschung. Bielefeld: transcript.<br>
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<pre cols="72">Dr. Katrin Singer
<span class="SpellE"><i>pronouns</i></span><i>: sie, ihr / <span
class="SpellE">she</span>, her</i></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">
Working Group "Critical Geographies of Global Inequalities"</span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Institute of Geography - University of Hamburg</span></pre>
<pre><span class="SpellE">Bundesstrasse</span> 55</pre>
<pre>20146 Hamburg</pre>
<pre>GERMANY</pre>
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<pre>Tel: +49 (0)40 42838-5202
<a href="https://ag-kggu.net/teammember/katrin-singer/">https://ag-kggu.net/</a>
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