Postgraduate Research in Culture-Economy

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 2008 Annual Conference, London,
August 27-29


Postgraduate Research in Culture-Economy


Research within economic geography has become increasingly sensitive to
the nuanced ways in which culture can impact upon economic activity across
space. Indeed, as long ago as 1996 Thrift & Olds argued that, ‘This kind
of work no longer sees the economy as simply ‘embedded’ in the social …
but instead sees the economic and social as incorrigibly intertwined,
unable to be separated off from one another.’ Subsequently, the past few
years have seen the borders of economic geography broaden to accommodate
new and exciting narratives of ‘the economic’. This session aims to
celebrate, and provide a forum to present and discuss, this new found
diversity and innovation within geography through highlighting post-
graduate research projects. The session is open to all post-graduate
researchers conducting work in this broad subject area.

We are seeking papers upon all aspects of the relationship between culture
and the economy including, but not restricted to, the following research
areas:

• Geographies of Finance and Financialisation
• Geographies of Neo-Liberalism
• The Cultural Circuit of Capital
• Commodity Culture(s)
• Affect and the Economy
• Geographies of Post-Fordism

If you are interested in contributing a paper to this session please
submit an abstract of no more than 200 words and also your contact details
to either Thomas Wainwright, lgxtw@nottingham.ac.uk, or James Corah,
lgxjsc@nottingham.ac.uk. The deadline for this is Friday the 1st of
February.