Presidential Address and record of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) AGM 2017. Issue 3 (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crane, Nicholas
• Is Part Of: Geographical journal. Volume 183:Issue 3(2017:Sep.)
• Page Start: 307
• Page End: 311
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Britain -- geography -- popular narratives -- geographical narratives -- climate change; Geography -- Periodicals; 910
• DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12223
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-7398

Abstract

Abstract : In his second address as President of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), Nicholas Crane illustrated the role geography can play in a shared, popular narrative. He argued that we should consider devoting more attention to promoting accessible geographical narratives with their long‐term emphases on people, places and environment, and less attention to historical narratives with their emphases on documented events limited to the last couple of thousand years.