It's a long way to the other geographers and geographic knowledges |
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| Authors: | Béatrice Collignon |
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| Institution: | (1) UFR de Géographie – Université de Paris 1, Institut Universitaire de France, Equipe EHGO – UMR Géographie-Cités (CNRS/Paris 1, Paris VII, ENS SHL), France |
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| Abstract: | Geographic knowledge is usually understood as the knowledge produced by geographers. Yet, it is also produced by people outside
of the academia. But as Western science claimed for its exclusive self the status of ‘knowledge’, others have long been denied
the production and possession of a true knowledge, and recognised merely the mastering of practical skills. The binary opposition
between scientific and other forms of knowledge has been central to the construction of academic geography until the late
1980s, when postmodern thought cast some doubt on the universality of scientific knowledge. This led to critical analyses
of academic geography, revealing its situatedness, as well as to a new interest for the geographies of the ‘Others’. Examining
how geographers have dealt with other knowledge sets so far, and how they have labelled them, this paper argues that other
geographies should be given more attention. This means focusing on the knowledges themselves, and considering implementing
a true dialogue between these and academic geography.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | Arctic geography epistemology of geography french geography geographic knowledge other/otherness situated knowledge |
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