Dissertating Geography: An Inquiry into the Making of Student Geographical Knowledge, 1950-2020

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Mette Bruinsma

Dissertating Geography

An Inquiry into the Making of Student Geographical Knowledge, 1950-2020

Mette Bruinsma

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English

Routledge
30 January 2025

Philosophy & theory of education; Human geography; Regional geography

Series: Routledge Research in Historical Geography

This book examines the history of geography (1950-2020) from a bottom-up perspective.

Disciplinary histories often emphasise the pronouncements of established academics, yet student-geographers make up the majority of the overall ‘geographical community’ at any one time. Exploring these efforts of geography students over the past 70 years places the known history of the discipline in a new perspective. A disciplinary history ‘from below’ recognises and acknowledges student dissertations and advances three core propositions: first, they are produced by an overlooked but nonetheless central grouping in the geographical community; second, the rich archival collection of dissertations specifically consulted here contains many excellent geographical knowledge productions that have remained barely read until now; and third, there is a wish to encourage others to explore similar collections of student knowledge productions held elsewhere.

This book will be an important resource for scholars and postgraduate students in Geography, Education, and the History and Theory of Geography.

By: Mette Bruinsma
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9781032390406
ISBN 10: 1032390409
Series: Routledge Research in Historical Geography
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Who actually makes the history of geography? Chapter 2 The history of geography and educational practices Chapter 3 Spatial contexts of student knowledge production: the expanded geographical field Chapter 4 Becoming a geographer: dissertations as intellectual source material Chapter 5 Geographical traditions versus innovations: students as drivers of disciplinary change Chapter 6 Exploring the skills of geographers-in-the-making Chapter 7 Reflections on student journeys into geography

Mette Bruinsma is an Assistant Professor in the Cultural History research group at Utrecht University, focusing on history of knowledge and university history.