Making Space for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Geography. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Robinson, Jonnell A.; Hawthorne, Timothy L.
• Is Part Of: Professional geographer. Volume 70:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 277
• Page End: 283
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: community-engaged scholarship -- community geography -- participatory geography -- public geographies; 社区参与学术研究 -- 社区地理学 -- 参与式地理学 -- 公共地理。; conocimiento con compromiso comunitario -- geografía comunitaria -- geografía participativa -- geografías públicas; Geography -- Periodicals; 910
• DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2017.1366775
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-0124

Abstract

Abstract : Geography has a long tradition of community-engaged research and teaching. Conventional institutional and departmental norms in many U.S. universities and colleges, however, often discourage such engaged scholarship and teaching, especially among junior faculty. We argue that geographers are well poised to unravel society's twenty-first-century intractable problems if engaged scholarship is more intentionally supported. As community geographers in junior faculty positions at research-intensive universities, we discuss our experiences with placing community engagement at the core of our scholarship, highlighting opportunities for a more robust integration of engaged scholarship in academic geography.