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RGS-IBG ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016
Royal Geographical Society, London
30th August – 3rd September 2016
2nd Call for Papers
Making space for writing: geography and research writing
Sponsored by the Higher Education Research Group of the RGS-IBG
Session Organisers: Rae Dufty-Jones (Western Sydney University) and Chris Gibson (University of Wollongong)
Session Abstract
Writing is integral to how we perform our scholarly identities as geographers. As Kamler and Thompson (2006: 15) argue: ‘we are represented by our writings and we are judged by them’. Research writing is a key
product by which colleagues and institutions evaluate our past and potential contributions. It is often the source of much personal anxiety. To be able to write about their research is also a key skill that graduate students are often expected to have mastered
by the time they complete their doctoral studies.
Yet, while we regularly espouse the need to ‘find space’ for our writing, we have seldom overtly theorised space in our writing practices. Writing remains a ‘black box’ in geographical literatures.
This session invites proposals to present work examining the nexus between geography, geographers and research writing. Some suggested questions for framing papers include:
References
Kamler B and Thomson P. (2006) Helping doctoral students write: Pedagogies for supervision, London: Routledge.