The Spatial Scale of ‘We’
Every day around my town, I see signs of encouragement, most frequently — “We’re All In This Together.” That statement refers to the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting and assuming that we are all equally engaged in and affected by the pandemic. Similar messaging is delivered via emails, websites, and store speakers. Oregon’s public campaign takes the…
Summer Series on questions of Geoethics and Human Rights highlighted by COVID-19 Conditions
Introduction By Coline Dony and Emily Fekete This series developed from discussions that took place at the AAG’s Virtual Annual Meeting, April 6-10, 2020, during publicly available panels of the breaking theme “Geographers Respond to COVID-19”. The panels were set up by AAG specialty groups and their chairs who wanted to initiate discussions about the…
AAG Welcomes Summer 2020 Interns
Two new interns have joined the AAG staff this summer! The AAG would like to welcome Sekour and Sarah to the organization. Sekour Mason recently graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Geographical Sciences: GIS and Computer Cartography. He hopes to secure a full-time career in the…
July 2020 Issue of the ‘Annals of the AAG’ Now Available
The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 110, Issue 4, July 2020 of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers is now ;A full list of contents is below. The Annals contains original, timely, and innovative articles that advance knowledge in all facets of the discipline. Articles are divided into four major areas: Geographic…
June 2020 Issue of the ‘African Geographical Review’ Now Available
The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 39, Issue 2 (June 2020) of the African Geographical Review is now ;The full table of contents for this issue is below and can also be accessed here. The African Geographical Review is the journal of the Africa Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. It provides a…
Making Data Meaningful Or Geography’s Contribution to Data Science
Geography has always been about data. After all, the field was founded and developed over the search for more and better information. It was 200 years ago that Alexander von Humboldt, perhaps the most famous geographer, acquired field observations in the Andes Mountains and used these observations to make a series of connections. In her…
June 2020 Issue of ‘GeoHumanities’ Now Available
The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 6, Issue 1 (June 2020) 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…
The “Nation’s Report Card” on Geography Reveals a World of Opportunities
Periodically since 1994, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has released its “report card” on geography education in America, providing a snapshot of student achievement. The most recent assessment was conducted in 2018 with a nationally representative sample of nearly 13,000 8th grade students. NAEP assesses geography achievement in three content domains: Space and…
Facing an Existential Crisis or COVID-19 and the Long Term Future of Geography
It does not seem so long ago that people were talking about the compression of space and time, about the “ends of history and geography.” How recent events have obliterated this! The pandemic of COVID-19—with its echoes of the 1918 Spanish Flu and the great contagious scourges of the past—demonstrates again that “history doesn't repeat…
Spring 2020 Issue of ‘The AAG Review of Books’ Now Available
Volume 8, 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. Each issue, the Editor chooses two…
Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of ‘Annals’ on “Displacements”
Annals of the American Association of Geographers Special Issue, March 2022 Call for Abstracts The Annals of the American Association of Geographers is seeking contributions for a Special Issue on “Displacements”. Displacements, which have multiple forms and meanings, are deeply geographical: patterns of shifting, dislocation, or putting out of place; substitutions of one idea for…
May 2020 Issue of the ‘Annals of the AAG’ Now Available
The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 110, Issue 3 (May 2020) of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers is now available. A full list of contents is below. The Annals contains original, timely, and innovative articles that advance knowledge in all facets of the discipline. Articles are divided into four major areas: Geographic…