CFP - AAG Boston: Critical Geographies of Education

Call for Papers, AAG Boston 2008

Critical Geographies of Education
Co-Organizers: Ranu Basu (ranubasu@yorku.ca) and Suzanna Klaf
(klaf.1@osu.edu)

School spaces are imbued with multiple purposes and meanings. Aside from its
educational mandate, schools are also places for neighborhood
integration, social
capital formation, and the fostering of civil society. In recent
years publicly
funded schools have faced a number of diverse challenges linked more
broadly to
the neoliberalization of education reform and parallel discourses constructed
along the politics of fear and difference. Landscapes of disparities have
evolved at various scales creating new spaces, subjectivities and
power relations
within communities and schools.

We are seeking papers that critically examine the geographies of education in
multiple contexts and that utilize multiple methods to do so. This session is
intended to highlight contemporary issues in this under-researched area. We
welcome participants exploring topics regarding the politics of
education reform;
the provision of education in neoliberal contexts; the spatial implications of
contemporary education policy; impacts of governance on spaces of education;
contesting representations of education space and identities; among others.

Please send a notice of interest or intent to Suzanna Klaf by October 24. After
registering and submitting your abstract to the AAG, please send along your
registration number.

Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Ranu Basu (ranubasu@yorku.ca) and Suzanna Klaf (klaf.1@osu.edu)