June 2018 Issue of ‘GeoHumanities’ Now Available
The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 4, Issue 1 (June 2018) of GeoHumanities is now available. GeoHumanities is the newest journal of the American Association of Geographers. It features articles that span conceptual and methodological debates in geography and the humanities; critical reflections on analog and digital artistic productions; and new scholarly interactions occurring…
New Books in Geography — April 2018
Every month the AAG compiles a list of newly-published books in geography and related fields. Some are selected for review in the AAG Review of Books. Anyone interested in reviewing these or other titles should contact the Editor-in-Chief, Kent Mathewson Listed below are the books received from publishers in the last month. April 2018 After Extinction…
Mid Atlantic Division Team Takes 2018 World Geography Bowl Title
Mid Atlantic Division Team Takes 2018 World Geography Bowl Title. AAG President Derek Alderman (far left) presented the new championship award. The Mid Atlantic Team won first place in the 2018 World Geography Bowl, an annual quiz competition for teams of college-level geography students representing the AAG’s regional divisions. The 2018 event marked the 29th…
The Difference That an Award Can Make (For All of Us)
One of the greatest pleasures of serving as President of the AAG is attending and participating in the Association’s awards ceremonies, both at Regional Division conferences and at the Honors Luncheon held every year at our national meetings. Words cannot adequately describe the feelings of pride and fulfillment that award recipients appear to experience upon…
Spring 2018 Issue of ‘The AAG Review of Books’ Now Available
Volume 6, Issue 2 of The AAG Review of Books has now been published online. This quarterly online journal publishes scholarly reviews of recent books related to geography, public policy and international affairs. It also features review essays reflecting on several books on a particular theme, and book review with multiple contributors discussing a title. In the first four years of the journal's…
New Books in Geography — March 2018
Every month the AAG compiles a list of newly-published books in geography and related fields. Some are selected for review in the AAG Review of Books. Anyone interested in reviewing these or other titles should contact the Editor-in-Chief, Kent Mathewson Listed below are the books received from publishers in the last month. March 2018 Against the…
Stop Teaching GIS
Teach how to learn GIS instead. That was a guiding principle as I recently redesigned the gateway course to the Penn State Online certificate and master's degree programs in GIS. I began developing Nature of Geographic Information in 1998, at the outset of the Penn State Online program. I designed the course to serve adult students…
Hating Bourbon Street
In this excerpt from this 2014 book Bourbon Street: A History (LSU Press), Tulane geographer Richard Campanella explains the curious cultural phenomenon of hating Bourbon Street—who hates it, why they need you to know they hate it, and what they’re missing when they hate it. Courtesy Places Journal. New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the next…
A Night on the Town in 1930s New Orleans
If AAG came to New Orleans 85 years ago, you might be hitting a “nitery” on Rampart Street or a dance hall in the “Tango Belt” tonight. Tulane geographer Richard Campanella takes you out for a night on the town in 1930s New Orleans, courtesy Preservation in Print Magazine (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over…
Southwest Louisiana’s Creole Trail Riding Clubs
Jeanerette Trail Ride, Jeanerette, LA, 2015, Photo by Jeremiah Ariaz By Alexandra Giancarlo Photos by Jeremiah Ariaz You could say trail riding and horse culture is in Acynthia Villery’s blood. “I was going to rodeos in my mother’s womb,” she explained to me. A Texas transplant, Acynthia hails from a long line of Creoles in…
Mapping the Geography of Cool
Coolness, by its very nature, explores edgy terrain; thus, in cities, it becomes geographical, occupying certain spaces, disdaining others, and seeking new ones when uncoolness approaches. And that’s when, and where, coolness affects real estate. Tulane geographer Richard Campanella maps the geography of cool in New Orleans, courtesy The Times-Picayune (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits…
Making AAG Meetings More Public
We are just days away from the start of the AAG annual meeting. I look forward to seeing many of you in New Orleans. For most of us, participating in the conference is work. It may be a labor of love, but it represents, nonetheless, a significant investment in terms of money, energy, and time.…