We will pursue several overlapping interests. Broadly speaking, we will focus on the intersections among cultural, social, political-economic, and historical-geographical processes in space. Alongside pertinent theoretical considerations, we will collaboratively explore how our different methodological approaches (spanning discourse analysis, ethnography, GIS and Geo-visualization, and other qualitative methods) could be integrated to produce innovative research and teaching on these topics. Integral to these ends, we will identify and pursue opportunities for place-based/community engaged collaborative research in the Seattle metro area and beyond.
Goals Include:
A) To begin a theoretically grounded and methodologically diverse discussion of critical urban geographical issues among UWB/IAS faculty with different but overlapping research agendas
B) To locate collaborative methodological intersections between our work
C) To pursue opportunities to leverage goals A and B into innovative, community engaged teaching and research.
Current Members
Christian Anderson, Benjamin Gardner, and Jin-Kyu Jung
Lead Contact
Christian Anderson CAnderson2@uwb.edu