Proximity Project

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I'm interested in the look of this project from the American Geographical Society.


The White Paper introduces the ideas.

What is “proximate” now is very different from when the field of Geography was first forged. While there is a literature around the compression of space and time that has occurred due to innovations in transportation, communications, and larger trends in globalization, the field of Geography lags in its mainstream appreciation of the more modern manifestations of this phenomena - sometimes called, connectography, cyber-social geography, and digital/physical convergence. And, there are no organized communities, resources, or curriculum available for the wider community of Geographers and practitioners to lean on in order to bring these phenomena to the center of our discussions about the modern world. Simply put, Geography has a role to play to help the larger world grapple with the meaning and implications of “proximity” in the 21st Century.

Under funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The Tow Foundation, the American Geographical Society (AGS) is building an inclusive community of scholars and practitioners, open source knowledge resources, and structured curriculum that would help advance this way of thinking within baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate Geography levels, in a way that also drives these concepts into public and private sector thinking and practice. 
 The net result of this effort would be to reassert the role of Geography and geographic analysis in both public and private sector strategy, decision making, and investment in a modern world where new hybrid forms of proximity are reshaping our politics, economics, social movements, geopolitics, conflict, and more.

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DSchwartz78 said…
Interesting. It certainly meshws with some of what I teach and and see.
3 July 2023 at 20:16
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