Publication Date:
2016
abstract:
WHY STUDING MIGRATIONS AND DIASPORA THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE
Popular culture was praised as “peripheral geography” already in 1947, when an authoritative figure such as the by then
President of the Association of American Geographers, John K. Wright, claimed its importance as a source for understanding
“geographical imagination”. Nowadays, notwithstanding this early endorsement, popular culture seems still to be a
“terra incognita” of geographical research. This special issue, connected with the work of the Study Group “Media and
Geography”, of the Association of Italian Geographers, is aimed at demonstrating how media and popular culture can be
useful in the understanding of complex phenomenona such as border-crossing, migrations and diaspora.
Popular culture was praised as “peripheral geography” already in 1947, when an authoritative figure such as the by then
President of the Association of American Geographers, John K. Wright, claimed its importance as a source for understanding
“geographical imagination”. Nowadays, notwithstanding this early endorsement, popular culture seems still to be a
“terra incognita” of geographical research. This special issue, connected with the work of the Study Group “Media and
Geography”, of the Association of Italian Geographers, is aimed at demonstrating how media and popular culture can be
useful in the understanding of complex phenomenona such as border-crossing, migrations and diaspora.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
popular geopolitics, postcolonial studies, media studies, migration, diaspora
List of contributors:
Amato, Fabio
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