CRITICAL HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Research in critical human geography reflects the theoretical and political transformations in the field of geography that accompanied the social movements of the late 1960s. For the first decade or so in its development, critical human geography was primarily influenced by Marxism and feminism. These were later augmented by engagements with postmodernism and poststructuralism, postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, anti-racist theory, post-Marxism, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, and continental and American social theory. The impact of these theories ? all of which share a commitment to social justice ? has been felt in nearly every subfield of human geography. At the University of Arizona, the SGD?s faculty tend to work in economic, political, urban, and cultural geography, as well as in development, political ecology, and critical GIS.

Current research areas in critical human geography at the University of Arizona include:

• Space and identity
• Globalization and trans-nationalism
• Geographies of resistance
• Space and representation