Historical Materialism and the Geography of our Changing World
Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: 332, Level 3, Huntington Place
Type: Paper
Recorded:
Theme: Making Spaces of Possibility
Curated Track:
Sponsor Group(s):
Development Geographies Specialty Group, Socialist and Critical Geography Specialty Group
Organizer(s):
Waquar Ahmed University of North Texas
Chair(s):
Ipsita Chatterjee, University of North Texas
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Description:
This paper secession brings together theoretical and empirical research across scales that examine the dialectical unravelling of social process. These papers present a kaleidoscope of geographical phenomena that range from financial flows that impact neoliberal landscape, to exercise of imperial power that has decimated Gaza; and from fetishism of commodity, to fetishism of carbon sequestration and smart cities. These papers will draw upon and contribute to the numerous traditions within radical geography.
Presentations (if applicable) and Session Agenda:
Saide Mahama, University of North Texas |
Contested Development as Urban Transformation: The Case of Accra, Ghana |
Ipsita Chatterjee, University of North Texas |
‘Fetishism of the commodity’: Theorizing value and the value of Bourgeois, Marxist and post-Marxist theories |
Paola Vazquez, University of North Texas |
Conceptions of Nature in the Anthropocene: How Capitalism Shapes Our Relationship with Nature |
Waquar Ahmed, University of North Texas |
Lords of the ‘West’ and their Quest for Armageddon: Palestine and it’s 100 Year Tryst with Western Civilization |
Abdul Basit Yusif Osman, University of North Texas |
The Politics of Space: Gentrification and Class Transformation in Ghana |
Suraj Sharma, University of North Texas |
How green are the “Green Cities? "A Comparative Study of Environment Policy Initiatives in Austin and Dallas, Texas |
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Historical Materialism and the Geography of our Changing World
Description
Type: Paper
Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: 332, Level 3, Huntington Place
Contact the Primary Organizer
Waquar Ahmed University of North Texas
Waquar.Ahmed@unt.edu
Session sponsored by: